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Cerro El Cóndor

Condor, El

Stratovulcano · Argentina · 6373 m

Fresh-looking lava flows drape the southern flanks of the compound volcano of Cerro el Cóndor, one of the few large stratovolcanoes located entirely in Argentina.  The summit complex lies within a 2.5-km-wide caldera and contains several ash cones and craters that have been the source of a number of pristine lava flows that have descended to beyond the flanks of the volcano.  The morphologically youthful lava flows and pristine summit crater imply a Holocene age.
Fresh-looking lava flows drape the southern flanks of the compound volcano of Cerro el Cóndor, one of the few large stratovolcanoes located entirely in Argentina. The summit complex lies within a 2.5-km-wide caldera and contains several ash cones and craters that have been the source of a number of pristine lava flows that have descended to beyond the flanks of the volcano. The morphologically youthful lava flows and pristine summit crater imply a Holocene age. · Foto: Photo by Ben Edwards, 1998 (Dickinson College, Pennsylvania). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Stratovulcano
Paese
Argentina
Regione
South America Volcanic Regions / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
6373 m
Coordinate
-26.632, -68.361
Ultima eruzione
Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
No Data (checked)
Sintesi geologica

The compound volcano of Cerro el Cóndor, one of the few large stratovolcanoes located wholly in Argentina, lies within a 2.5-km-wide caldera. The complex lies to the north of Falso Azufre volcano, which straddles the Chile/Argentina border. The summit contains several ash cones and craters that have been the source of a number of pristine lava flows, one of which traveled 10 km to the west. Satellitic centers also abound; one on the east flank produced a fresh-looking lava flow that traveled 8 km to the east. The morphologically youthful lava flows and pristine summit crater imply a Holocene age (de Silva and Francis, 1991).

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Il Cerro El Cóndor è uno stratovulcano quiescente situato in Argentina.

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