Chile · Argentina · Complex volcano
Falso Azufre
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Elevation
- 5906m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
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- Type
- Complex volcano
- Country
- Chile · Argentina
- Region
- South America / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 5906m
- Coordinates
- -26.800, -68.370
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- No data
Geological summary
The Falso Azufre volcanic complex is a 15-km-long, E-W trending group of overlapping craters, lava domes, and composite cones extending from Chile into Argentina. The western portion includes the high point and principal edifice of the complex, Cerro Falso Azufre, and consists of overlapping craters that produced dominantly pyroclastic products. The eastern portion, located wholly in Argentina, contains two small composite cones and two lava domes that appear to represent the most recent activity of the complex and may be of Holocene age (de Silva, 2007 pers. comm.).
Eruption history
GlossaryDetailed timeline
No eruption records available.
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