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Cerro Tujle

Tujle, Cerro

Maar · Chile · 3550m

The small dot near the center of this Landsat image is the Cerro Tujle maar (also known as Cerro Tucle or Cerro Tugle). The Holocene maar has a 60-m-deep crater and is surrounded by a dark-colored ejecta blanket. The maar is located SE of the Salar de Atacama, north of Cerro Toloncha.
The small dot near the center of this Landsat image is the Cerro Tujle maar (also known as Cerro Tucle or Cerro Tugle). The Holocene maar has a 60-m-deep crater and is surrounded by a dark-colored ejecta blanket. The maar is located SE of the Salar de Atacama, north of Cerro Toloncha. · Photo: NASA Landsat image, 1999 (courtesy of Hawaii Synergy Project, Univ. of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology).
Type
Maar
Country
Chile
Region
South America Volcanic Regions / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3550m
Coordinates
-23.830, -67.950
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Minor
Major rock type
No Data (checked)
Geological summary

The Cerro Tujle maar (also known as Cerro Tucle or Cerro Tugle) in the Cordón de Tujle has a 60-m-deep crater (de Silva and Francis, 1991). The maar is located SE of the Salar de Atacama, N of Cerro Toloncha.

From Wikipedia

Cerro Tujle is a mafic volcanic centre in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, Chile. It forms a 60-metre-deep (200 ft) maar that may have formed half a million years ago. Its eruption products are aphyric. Previously in 1977, this crater has been identified as a meteor crater with diameters of 300 by 350 metres.

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Eruption history

Detailed timeline

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