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Volcán Sotará

Sotara

Estratovolcán · Colombia · 4400 m

Sotará in Colombia is shown in the center of this February 2020 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 19 km across). The edifice formed within a 4.5-km-diameter caldera and has a collapse scarp open towards the SW, as well as several lava domes in the summit area. Thick lava flows and domes have been emplaced within the scarp.
Sotará in Colombia is shown in the center of this February 2020 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 19 km across). The edifice formed within a 4.5-km-diameter caldera and has a collapse scarp open towards the SW, as well as several lava domes in the summit area. Thick lava flows and domes have been emplaced within the scarp. · Foto: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2020 (https://www.planet.com/). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
Colombia
Región
South America Volcanic Regions / Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Altitud
4400 m
Coordenadas
2.108, -76.592
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Resumen geológico

Volcán Sotará, also known as Cerro Azafatudo, is an andesitic-dacitic stratovolcano about 25 km SSE of Popayán city in southern Colombia, SW of Puracé volcano. Three calderas, 4.5, 2.5, and 1 km in diameter, give the summit an irregular profile. No historical eruptions are known, though there is current fumarolic and hot spring activity.

Resumen de Wikipedia

El volcán Sotará es un estratovolcán ubicado en la Cordillera Central, en el municipio de Sotará, departamento del Cauca, Colombia a una distancia de 37 km al sureste de Popayán y suroccidente del volcán Puracé. Tiene una elevación hasta la cima de 4420 m s. n. m.. El Sotará tiene tres calderas de 4,5, 2,5 y 1 km de diámetro, las cuales le dan a la cima una forma irregular. No hay registro histórico de erupciones de este volcán; sin embargo, presenta fumarolas y fuentes termales.

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