Cerro Chela

Chela
Chela is located in Chile
Chela
Chela
Highest point
Elevation5,644 m (18,517 ft)[1]
Coordinates21°24′S 68°30′W / 21.400°S 68.500°W / -21.400; -68.500[1]
Geography
LocationChile

Chela is a volcano in Chile that was active between 3.75±0.5 and 4.11±0.25 million years ago. It is constructed on top of the 5.4±0.3 million years old rhyolitic Carcote ignimbrite. Its eruption products are mafic andesites.[1][2] The volcano was degraded by glaciation but radial ridges and red-gray rocks as well as the uniform slopes indicate that it was a symmetric stratovolcano.[1] The Pleistocene snow line was located at 4,800 metres (15,700 ft) altitude[3] and moraines formed on the northern, western and southern flanks. Perhaps volcanically pre-formed cirques also developed.[4]

Cerro Chela is located south of Aucanquilcha, from which it is separated by the Portezuelo Puquíos.[5] It forms a lineament with Cerro Carcote, Cerro Palpana, Miño Volcano and Volcan Las Cuevas that is oriented north-south.[2]

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