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Cerro Volcánico

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Location
  
Argentina

Mountain type
  
Cinder cone

Elevation
  
1,930 m

Mountain range
  
Andes

Age of rock
  
Holocene ?

Last eruption
  
70,000–14,000 yrs ago

Province
  
Río Negro Province

Parent range
  
Andes

Similar
  
Cerro Escorial, Huanquihue Group, Cerro El Cóndor, Cochiquito Volcanic Group, Sierra Nevada de Lagunas

Cerro Volcánico (also known as Fonck) is a cinder cone in Argentina, located southeast of the massive stratovolcano of Tronador. The cone produced a single andesite lava flow, which has been bracketed in age between 70,000 and 14,000 years ago.

Map of Cerro Volc%C3%A1nico, R%C3%ADo Negro, Argentina

References

Cerro Volcánico Wikipedia