Copahue
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| Copahue | |
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 Copahue's southwest face with Laguna Las Totoras in the foreground. |
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| Elevation | 2,997 m (9,833 feet) |
| Location | Argentina and Chile |
| Range | Andes |
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| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 2000 |
Copahue is a stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile. There are nine volcanic craters along a 2 km (1.2 mi) line, and the eastern summit crater contains a briny, acidic 300 m (1000 ft) wide crater lake. Twentieth-century eruptions from the crater lake have ejected pyroclastic rocks and chilled liquid sulfur fragments.
[edit] References
- Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Copahue
- González-Ferrán, Oscar (1995). Volcanes de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Instituto Geográfico Militar, 640 pp. ISBN 956-202-054-1. (in Spanish; also includes volcanoes of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru)
- Biggar, John (2005). The Andes: A Guide for Climbers (3rd ed.). Andes Publishing (Scotland), 304 pp. ISBN 0-9536087-2-7.
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