Cay

sopka – Stratovolcano, Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Kde

Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

2 090 m

Tektonické prostředí

Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)

Poloha

-45,059°, -72,984°

Volcán Cay, located E of Macá volcano and NW of the town of Puerto Aisén, is a basaltic to dacitic stratovolcano. An explosion crater is open to the E, and about a half dozen explosion craters and pyroclastic cones lie along a fissure trending SW of the summit. Another 10 basaltic pyroclastic cones are located along a second parallel fissure 5 km SE that is part of the major regional Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone. These cones were considered to be Holocene by González-Ferrán (1995), but Naranjo and Stern (2004) found no evidence for Holocene tephra deposits.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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