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Caldera del Atuel

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Mountain type
  
Elevation
  
5,189 m

Mountain range
  
Last eruption
  
Unknown

Province
  
Parent range
  
Andes

Location
  
Mendoza Province, Argentina

Similar
  
Cochiquito Volcanic Group, Huanquihue Group, Caichinque, Cerro del León, Cordón del Azufre

Caldera del Atuel is a caldera in Argentina. It is the source of the Rio Atuel and has dimensions of 30 by 45 kilometres (19 mi × 28 mi). Cerro Sosneado is a volcano (best volume estimate 244.2 cubic kilometres (58.6 cu mi)) located outside of the Atuel caldera, Volcan Overo (best volume estimate 89 cubic kilometres (21 cu mi)) and Las Lágrimas complex are located within the caldera. Holocene activity may have formed the cinder cones on the northeastern side of the caldera. After the 2010 Maule earthquake, the caldera was one of the volcanic centres that underwent subsidence, along with secondary earthquake activity.

Map of Caldera del Atuel, Mendoza Province, Argentina

References

Caldera del Atuel Wikipedia


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