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Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile. The upper reaches of Ojos del Salado consist of several overlapping lava domes, lava flows and volcanic craters, with sparse ice cover. The complex extends over an area of 70–160 ...
The Andes are generally higher in northern Chile. In Norte Grande the mountains form a series of plateaus, such as Puna de Atacama and the Altiplano.At a south latitude of 27 degrees, Chile's highest mountain (Ojos del Salado) reaches a height of 6,893 metres (22,615 ft).
Volcano Ojos del Salado, Argentina/Chile: 6,893 Ojos del Salado looming on the horizon [3] Archeological site Summit of Llullaillaco volcano, Argentina/Chile (inca burial) 6,739 Johan Reinhard, discoverer of the site, at the summit of Volcán Llullaillaco, 1999 [4] Motorable attainable place Slope of Ojos del Salado volcano, Chile 6,688 [5] Helipad
The country's National Geology and Mining Service lists 90 active volcanoes. [2] The volcanoes of the Andes originate from the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate, while the volcanoes of Chile's Pacific islands formed from magma coming from three distinct hotspots, Easter, Juan Fernández and San Felix hotspots. The ...
Ojos del Salado: 6,891: 22,608: Atacama Region – Highest volcano on Earth: ... Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions.
The stratovolcano Ojos del Salado, on the border with Argentina, marks the south border of its basin. [2] High mountains surround the lake. Among them are El Muerto, Incahuasi, Falso Azufre, Peña Blanca, Barrancas Blancas, El Ermitaño, Vicuñas and the already mentioned Ojos del Salado, the highest active volcano in the world.
Complex volcano 4.67 mya Antofagasta de la Sierra ... Ojos del Salado: Stratovolcano: 6,887: 22,595 Unknown Pairique volcanic complex ...
[5] [6] Ojos del Salado has the greatest rise on Earth: 13,420 m (44,029 ft) vertically to the summit [citation needed] from the bottom of the Atacama Trench, which is about 560 km (350 mi) away, although most of this rise is not part of the mountain. The highest mountains are also not generally the most voluminous.