Cerro Macá

Cerro Macá
Cerro Macá
Elevation 2,300 m (7,546 ft) [1]
Location
Location Chile
Range Andes
Coordinates 45°06′0″S 73°10′0″W / 45.1°S 73.166667°W / -45.1; -73.166667
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 410 AD ± 50 years

Cerro Macá is a stratovolcano located to the north of the Aisén Fjord and to the east of the Moraleda Channel, in the Aisén Region of Chile. This glacier-covered volcano lies along the regional Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ The elevation given here is from SRTM data and independently confirmed by ASTER GDEM. Elevations around 3,000 m given by other authorities should be discounted. The contours around the summit are missing from official Chilean topographic mapping.

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