Cerro Colorado (volcano)

Mountain in Chile
22°35.54′S 67°55.33′W / 22.59233°S 67.92217°W / -22.59233; -67.92217GeographyLocationChileParent rangeAndesGeologyMountain typeStratovolcano

Cerro Colorado is a stratovolcano that lies in northern Chile about 7 km (4 mi) west of the border with Bolivia and approximately the same distance southwest of the Putana Volcano. Cerro Colorado is located immediately west of Cerro Curiquinca and northwest of volcán Escalante (El Apagado); all three mountains are considered to be part of the Sairecabur volcanic group.

Seen from the Vado de Putana "bofedal", FLTR: Volcán Putana, Volcán Curiquinca, Cerro Colorado, Volcán Escalante (El Apagado), Cerro Ojos del Toro, Cerro Saciel and Volcán Sairécabur. Camera location: 22°35′30.31″S 68°0′19.89″W. heading: 115°

See also

References

  • "Sairecabur". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  • González-Ferrán, Oscar (1995). Volcanes de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Instituto Geográfico Militar. p. 640 pp. ISBN 956-202-054-1.(Spanish)
  • SI Google Earth Placemarks - Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Download placemarks with SI Holocene volcano-data.
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Andean volcanoes
Northern Volcanic Zone
(6° N – 3° S)
Central Volcanic Zone
(14°–27° S)Southern Volcanic Zone
(33°–46° S)Austral Volcanic Zone
(49°–55° S)
Note: volcanoes are ordered by latitude from north to south


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