Cerro Cañapa

Cerro Cañapa is an elongated mountain in Bolivia close to the border with Chile. Note that the international border in this area is a straight line that runs from Cerro Araral to Ollagüe, leaving Cerro Cañapa completely in Bolivian territory.

Cerro Cañapa
Cañapa North Face
Highest point
Elevation5,882 m (19,298 ft) [1]
Prominence1,595 m (5,233 ft) [2]
ListingUltra
Coordinates21°27′S 68°04′W 
Geography
Cerro Cañapa
Bolivia
LocationPotosí Department, Bolivia

The mountain forms an enormous backdrop to the colorful lakes Cañapa and Hedionda.

The mountain is constructed from andesite and dacite.[3] Volcanism of Canapa was influenced by local northwest-striking normal fault zones which also affected the Luxsar and Toconce volcanoes.[4] The range is partially underpinned by modern ignimbrites. Canapa has deposits left by solfataras.[5] The volcanic range is 50–100 kilometres (31–62 mi) long and may have originated from deep-seated basement lineaments.[6] Volcanism is Pliocene-Pleistocene in age.[3]

See also

References
  1. Topographic map Cerro Araral, Chile; Bolivia SF-19-7, Joint Operations Graphic 1:250,000, U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency
  2. "Bolivia Ultra-Prominences". Peaklist.org. Note: Prominence value from this source is based on an elevation of 5,900 m. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  3. "Cañapa". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  4. Tibaldi, A.; Corazzato, C.; Rovida, A. (June 2009). "Miocene–Quaternary structural evolution of the Uyuni–Atacama region, Andes of Chile and Bolivia". Tectonophysics. 471 (1–2): 114–135. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.011.
  5. Avila-Salinas, Waldo (1991). "Petrologic and tectonic evolution of the Cenozoic volcanism in the Bolivian western Andes". 265: 245–258. doi:10.1130/SPE265-p245. ISSN 0072-1077. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Jacques, JohnM. (2003). "A tectonostratigraphic synthesis of the Sub-Andean basins: implications for the geotectonic segmentation of the Andean Belt". Journal of the Geological Society. 160 (5): 687–701. doi:10.1144/0016-764902-088. ISSN 0016-7649.


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