Cerros de Incahuasi

Cerros de Incahuasi
Salar de Talar with Cerros de Incahuasi in the background
Highest point
Elevation5,704 m (18,714 ft)[1]
Coordinates24°02′S 67°33′W / 24.033°S 67.550°W / -24.033; -67.550 [2]
Geography
Map
LocationChile
Country Chile
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano[3]

Cerros de Incahuasi is a mountain with several summits located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, near Sico Pass. The present–day mountain is the result of the partial collapse of an ancient volcanic edifice.[4]

The Incahuasi Sur volcano in this range was active 10.5 million years ago. It is associated with a volcanic belt and fault that extends southeastward from Incahuasi Sur, the Calama–Olacapato–El Toro fault.[5]

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  2. ^ "GNS: Country Files". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  3. ^ "Incaguasi". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  4. ^ Brüggen, Johannes (1947). Geología y morfología de la Puna de Atacama (in Spanish). Imprenta Universitaria. p. 94.
  5. ^ Petrinovic, Ivan Alejandro; Riller, Ulrich; Brod, José Affonso (February 2005). "The Negra Muerta Volcanic Complex, southern Central Andes: geochemical characteristics and magmatic evolution of an episodically active volcanic centre". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 140 (4): 295–320. Bibcode:2005JVGR..140..295P. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.09.002.