Argentina · Stratovolcano
Cerro El Cóndor
Condor, El
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 6373m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- South America / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 6373m
- Coordinates
- -26.632, -68.361
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- No data
Geological summary
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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Cerro El Cóndor is a stratovolcano in Argentina.
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