Cerro Quetena
| Cerro Quetena | ||
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 Peña Barrosa (Quetena Chico) |
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| height | 5730 m | |
| location | Potosí Department , Bolivia | |
| Mountains | Cordillera de Lípez , Andes | |
| Coordinates | 22 ° 15 '39 " S , 67 ° 24' 56" W | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano , extinct | |
The Cerro Quetena is an extinct volcano in the Potosí department in the mountainous region of the Cordillera de Lípez in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
The Cerro Quetena (also: Volcán Quetena ) has an altitude of 5730 m and is located in the Eduardo Abaroa nature reserve in the southernmost province of the department, the province of Sur Lípez , near the Bolivian border with Chile . The presumed last eruption of Cerro Quetena is dated to the Holocene era .
The region's climate is semi-arid and has a pronounced time-of-day climate , with mean temperatures fluctuating more strongly during the day than during the year.
At the foot of the mountain are the two villages Quetena Grande and Quetena Chico (also: Peña Barrosa ) on the left, western bank of the Río Quetena , which flows over the Río Grande de Lípez to the Salar de Uyuni salt lake .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quetena in: Mountain Forecast
- ↑ Quetena ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Volcano dB
