Chiliques

sopka – Stratovolcano, Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Kde

Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

5 778 m

Tektonické prostředí

Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)

Poloha

-23,580°, -67,700°

Volcán Chiliques is a structurally simple stratovolcano located immediately south of Laguna Lejía. The summit contains a 500-m-wide crater. Several youthful lava flows, some of which are considered to be of possible Holocene age (de Silva, 2007 pers. comm.), descend its flanks. The largest of these extends 5 km NW. Older lava flows reach up to 10 km from the summit on the N flank. This volcano had previously been considered to be dormant; however, in 2002 a NASA nighttime thermal infrared satellite image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) showed low-level hot spots in the summit crater and upper flanks.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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