Argentina · Caldera

Caldera del Atuel

Atuel, Caldera del

Type: Caldera
Elevation: 5189m
Last eruption: Unknown

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Type: Caldera
Country: Argentina
Region: South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation: 5189m
Coordinates: -34.592, -69.921
Last eruption: Unknown
Tectonic setting: Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform: Caldera
Major rock type: Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The 30 x 45 km Caldera del Atuel complex, ~30 km NW-SE and 45 km NE-SW, lies just east of the Argentina-Chile border and 18 km SSW of the rim of the Pleistocene Diamante caldera.

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From Wikipedia

Caldera del Atuel is a caldera in Argentina. It is the source of the Rio Atuel and has dimensions of 30 by 45 kilometres. Cerro Sosneado is a volcano located outside of the Atuel caldera, Volcan Overo and Las Lágrimas complex are located within the caldera. Holocene activity may have formed the cinder cones on the northeastern side of the caldera. After the 2010 Maule earthquake, the caldera was one of the volcanic centres that underwent subsidence, along with secondary earthquake activity.

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