Caldera del Atuel is a volcano. Located in the Argentinean province of Mendoza .
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 Volcano Caldera del Atuel. NASA snapshot. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Volcano shape | Caldera |
| Education period | Holocene |
| Last eruption | is unknown |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 5189 [1] m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Provinces | Mendoza |
| Mountain system | Andes |
| Ridge or array | Home Cordillera |
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Caldera del Atuel is a caldera , the highest point of which is the Sosneado stratovolcano, 5189 meters high. Located at the eastern end of the Main Cordillera Range in western Argentina, near the border with Chile . The caldera diameter is 30x45 kilometers wide. The caldera is dotted with 15 volcanic domes consisting of dacites and 25 stratovolcanoes and slag cones , which are composed of andesites and basalts . Most of the volcanic relief is young and originated in the modern period . Many peaks of volcanoes are covered with snow. Volcanic activity is not fixed and is currently absent.
Notes
- ↑ Volcano Caldera del Atuel : [ eng. ] // Global Volcanism Program . - Smithsonian Institution . - Date of appeal: 08/14/2012.
Links
- Volcano Caldera del Atuel : [ eng. ] // Global Volcanism Program . - Smithsonian Institution .
- Volcano Live - John Search . - Caldera del Atuel. Date of treatment November 15, 2012. Archived November 24, 2012.
- Site about volcanoes . - Caldera del Atuel. Date of treatment November 15, 2012. Archived November 24, 2012.