Tatio, Volcan

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Kde

Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

5 193 m

Poloha

-22,433°, -68,015°

A chain of dominantly Pliocene-to-Pleistocene volcanoes including Cerro Deslinde, Cerro Volcán, Cerros del Tatio, and Volcán Tatio is ~9 km E of a depression that contains some of the most dramatic thermal features of the Andes. Although no Holocene eruptions are known from El Tatio itself, it was included in the Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World (Casertano, 1963) based on this geothermal activity. The 30 km2 Hoyada de Los Geisers del Tatio geothermal field contains 85 fumaroles and solfataras, 62 hot springs, 40 geysers, 5 mud volcanoes, and extensive sinter terraces. Geothermal energy exploration has been conducted, but remoteness of the location has precluded development. Listed as Quaternary by Guest and Sanchez (1969), and not Holocene by Moreno (1985).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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