Cerro Negro de Mayasquer | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,445 m (14,583 ft)[1] |
Listing | Volcanoes of Colombia |
Coordinates | 0°49′39″N 77°57′52″W / 0.82750°N 77.96444°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Nariño Colombia Carchi Ecuador |
Parent range | Central Ranges Cordillera Real Andes |
Geology | |
Rock age | Pleistocene |
Mountain type | Andesitic stratovolcano |
Volcanic belt | Northern Volcanic Zone, Andean Volcanic Belt |
Last eruption | July 1936(?)[1] |
Cerro Negro de Mayasquer is a volcano on the border of Colombia and Ecuador. It lies 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of the volcano Chiles, and the two peaks are considered part of the same Chiles-Cerro Negro volcanic complex. These volcanoes, together with Cumbal are andesitic in rock type.[2] A 1936 eruption reported by the Colombian government agency INGEOMINAS may have been from the Ecuadorean volcano Reventador, otherwise the volcano has not erupted for around 160,000 years.[1]