Cerro Nicholson

Cerro Nicholson
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Highest point
Elevation2,525 m (8,284 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°15′40″S 71°45′14″W / 16.261°S 71.754°W / -16.261; -71.754[1]

Cerro Nicholson is a scoria cone in Peru. It is constructed on top of the 1.65 mya Arequipa Airport Ignimbrite and is well preserved with a summit crater. It is located west-southwest of Chachani volcano[1] and was emplaced 77,400 ± 18,400 years ago.[2]

It is part of the so-called "Yura Monogenetic Field", which was only discovered in 2022.[2] Lavas erupted from this centre are dark in colour. They are basalt andesitic with vesicularity between 0 and 70%.[3]

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