Cerro Bayo
| Cerro Bayo | ||
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| height | 5401 m | |
| location | Northern Chile | |
| Mountains | To the | |
| Coordinates | 25 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 68 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Type | Complex volcano | |
The Cerro Bayo is a complex volcano in northern Chile .
The time of the last outbreak is unknown. In the southern part of the volcanic complex there is a crater with a diameter of 800 meters. In the younger northern part, along the border with Argentina , there is a smaller crater with a diameter of 400 meters as well as two lava flows that extend north and north-east. Two Dacite lava flows poured out of the 5401 meter high main crater , spreading in a northerly direction and formed in the most recent phase of the volcano's eruptions.
Web links
- Cerro Bayo in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)