Cerro El Cóndor

Coordinates: 26°37′54″S 68°21′42″W / 26.63167°S 68.36167°W / -26.63167; -68.36167
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Cerro El Cóndor
Ultra
Coordinates26°37′54″S 68°21′42″W / 26.63167°S 68.36167°W / -26.63167; -68.36167[1]
Geography
LocationArgentina
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Age of rockHolocene
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Climbing
First ascentAlexander von Götz, Steffen Salzmann, et al., 2003

Cerro El Cóndor is a stratovolcano in Argentina.

Cerro El Cóndor is a remote peak in the Argentine Puna de Atacama. As such it was probably the last major 6000m+ peak in the Andes to be climbed,[2] with the summit reaching a height of 6,400 metres (21,000 ft). The volcano has the form of a massif (which covers a surface of 281 square kilometres (108 sq mi)) constructed by two separate volcanoes; the older edifice forms parts of the northern and eastern flanks which are cut by scarps interpreted as caldera remnants.[3] The summit region is formed by the newer edifice, and features a series of craters with diameters of 100–350 metres (330–1,150 ft) and a cover of pyroclastic material and scoria. Also part of the newer phase are extensive lava flows which form the western and parts of the eastern and southern slopes and reach distances of 17 kilometres (11 mi) from the summit.[4]

Surrounding volcanoes include Condorito (which is considered to be part of the old El Cóndor volcano), Falso Azufre and Laguna Escondida which have constrained the extent of El Cóndor's lava flows. The volcano rises within the Laguna Amarga caldera,[3] and an older mafic monogenetic volcano lies north of El Cóndor.[4]

Radiometric dating has yielded ages of 2.89 - 2.67 million years ago to 0.13 - 0.02 million years ago,

air traffic over the region and east of it.[7]

Cerro El Cóndor is part of the

Austral Volcanic Zone.[9] The history of volcanic activity is poorly known for most of these volcanoes owing to the lack of dating; only a few historical eruptions have been recorded, such as an eruption at Ojos del Salado in 1993.[8]

The volcano has erupted

calc-alkaline suite.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Argentina and Chile North: Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  2. ISBN 978-0-9536087-6-8
    .
  3. ^ a b c Grosse et al. 2018, p.14
  4. ^ a b c Grosse et al. 2018, p.15
  5. Tucuman
    : 20th Chilean Geological Congress. p. 508. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ^ Grosse et al. 2018, pp.16-17
  7. ^ Grosse et al. 2018, p.19
  8. ^ a b Grosse et al. 2018, p.2
  9. ^ Grosse et al. 2018, p.3
  10. ^ Grosse et al. 2018, p.7

Sources

  • "El Cóndor". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  • Grosse, Pablo; Orihashi, Yuji; Guzmán, Silvina R.; Sumino, Hirochika; Nagao, Keisuke (1 May 2018). "Eruptive history of Incahuasi, Falso Azufre and El Cóndor Quaternary composite volcanoes, southern Central Andes". Bulletin of Volcanology. 80 (5): 44.
    ISSN 0258-8900
    .

External links
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