Solo (mountain)
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height | 6190 m | |
location | Atacama Desert ; Argentina / Chile | |
Mountains | To the | |
Coordinates | 27 ° 6 ′ 29 ″ S , 68 ° 43 ′ 12 ″ W | |
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Type | Stratovolcano | |
Age of the rock | Holocene | |
Last eruption | unknown |
The Cerro Solo or El Solo is a 6190 m , according to other sources 6205 m high stratovolcano in the Andes on the edge of the Atacama Desert in the border region of the Argentine province of Catamarca and the Chilean Región de Atacama . To the west of the mountain is the Nevado Tres Cruces National Park and east of the Solo is the Nevado Ojos del Salado . The volcano was the source of large pyroclastic river deposits during the Holocene , which densely filled the neighboring valleys.