Chiles (volcano)

Chiles
Chiles
Location of Chiles, Colombia/Ecuador
Elevation 4,723 m (15,495 ft) [1]
Location
Location

Nariño,  Colombia/

Carchi,  Ecuador
Range

Cordillera Central/

Cordillera Real, Andes
Coordinates [1]
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Age of rock Pleistocene
Volcanic arc/belt Northern Volcanic Zone, Andean Volcanic Belt
Last eruption July 17, 1936(?)[1]
Climbing
Easiest route Ecuador side - Class 3 scramble

Chiles is a volcano on the border of Colombia and Ecuador. It lies 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of the volcano Cerro Negro de Mayasquer, and the two peaks are considered part of the same Chiles-Cerro Negro volcanic complex. A 1936 eruption reported by the Colombian government agency Ingeominas may have been from the Ecuadorean volcano Reventador, otherwise the volcano has not erupted for around 160,000 years.[1]

See also

List of volcanoes in Ecuador

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cerro Negro de Mayasquer: Synonyms & Subfeatures". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1501-11=&volpage=synsub. Retrieved May 2, 2011.