Cerro Miscanti

Cerro Miscanti
Seen from the Laguna Miscanti, FLTR: Volcán Chiliques, Cerro Miscanti, Cordón Puntas Negras.
Highest point
Elevation 5,622 m (18,445 ft) [1]
Coordinates 23°41′S 67°43′W / 23.683°S 67.717°W / -23.683; -67.717 [2]
Geography
Location Chile
Parent range Andes
Geology
Last eruption Pleistocene[3]

Cerro Miscanti is a mountain located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, immediately south of Chiliques and north of Miñiques. It towers over Laguna Miscanti. Rock samples from Cerro Miscanti are of andesitic composition,[4] but andesite-containing dacites have also been found.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chilean IGM
  2. ↑ "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04.
  3. ↑ "Miscanti". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  4. ↑ Harmon, R. S.; Hoefs, J. (1984). "Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Late Cenozoic Andean Volcanics". Andean Magmatism. Birkhäuser Boston: 13. doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-7335-3_2.
  5. ↑ MATTHEWS, S. J.; JONES, A. P.; GARDEWEG, M. C. (1 April 1994). "Lascar Volcano, Northern Chile; Evidence for Steady-State Disequilibrium". Journal of Petrology. 35 (2): 429. doi:10.1093/petrology/35.2.401. ISSN 0022-3530.


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