Caichinque

Caichinque
The volcanic complex is in the mid-distance. The snow-patched mountain looming over Caichinque is Pular.
Highest point
Elevation4,450 m (14,600 ft)
Coordinates23°57′0″S 67°44′0″W / 23.95000°S 67.73333°W / -23.95000; -67.73333
Geography
Map
LocationChile
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcanoes
The complex is visible at the centre of the image. Salar de Capur (left) and Salar de Talar (right).

Caichinque is a volcanic complex lying between Salar de Talar and Salar de Capur, in the high Andean plateau of the Antofagasta Region, in Chile. It is located southwest of the Salar de Atacama, directly S of Cerro Miñiques and SE of Cordón Puntas Negras forming part of the main branch of the Andean volcanic chain in this area. Route CH-23 is an approach road to the volcano area and could be impacted by eruptions.[1]

The volcano has erupted rocks with composition ranging from basalt to dacite. It grew atop a rhyodacitic ignimbrite.[1]

  1. ^ a b Amigo, Álvaro R.; Bertin, Daniel U.; Orozco, Gabriel L. (2012). Peligros volcánicos de la Zona Norte de Chile (PDF) (Report). Carta geológica de Chile: Serie Geología Ambiental (in Spanish). Vol. 17. SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA. p. 20. ISSN 0717-7305. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.