Cerro El Yunque
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.jpg) View of San Juan Bautista and the Cerro El Yunque in the background, from Bahia Cumberland seen from |
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| height | 915 m | |
| location | Robinson Crusoe , Juan Fernández Islands , Chile | |
| Coordinates | 33 ° 39 '14 " S , 78 ° 51' 3" W | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| Age of the rock | 3.8 to 4.2 million years | |
The Cerro El Yunque ( German "The Anvil" ) is 915 m above sea level and is the highest mountain on the island of Robinson Crusoe in the archipelago of the Juan Fernández Islands in the Southeast Pacific . The elevation is of volcanic origin and comes from the Juan Fernández hotspot on the Nazca plate .
Web links
- Cerro El Yunque on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Aerial view of Cerro El Yunque on panoramio
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuessy, TF, KA Foland, JF Sutter, RW Sanders, and OM Silva, 1984. Botanical and geological significance of potassium-argon dates from the Juan Fernández Islands. Science 225: 49-51.