Cerro Macá

Cerro Macá

Highest point
Elevation	2,300 m (7,500 ft) ^[1]^[2]
Prominence	2,066 m (6,778 ft) ^[2]
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	45°06′21″S 73°10′09″W / 45.10583°S 73.16917°W / -45.10583; -73.16917Coordinates: 45°06′21″S 73°10′09″W / 45.10583°S 73.16917°W / -45.10583; -73.16917 ^[2]
Geography
Cerro Macá Location of Cerro Maca
Location	Chile
Parent range	Andes
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	410 CE ± 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 Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of Chile. This glacier-covered volcano lies along the regional Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone. It has erupted basalt.^[3]

Cerro Macá has a summit elevation of approximately 2,300 m above sea level.^[1]^[2]

Footnotes

1 2 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.
1 2 3 4 "Argentina and Chile, Southern: Patagonia Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Listed as "Volcán Maca". Maca is a smooth volcanic cone, and SRTM indicates a summit elevation of 2300m ± 20m. This is supported by Biggar in "The Andes". Cited elevations of 2960-3079m are based on gross exaggeration.Note 9 Retrieved 2012-04-16.
↑ Finnische Expedition nach Patagonien; Väinö Auer (1941). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Finnischen Expedition nach Patagonien 1937-38 (in German). p. 79.

Andean volcanoes
Northern Volcanic Zone (6° N–3° S)	Romeral Nevado del Ruiz Nevado del Tolima Nevado del Huila Puracé Doña Juana Galeras Cayambe Reventador Pichincha Antisana Aliso Soche Illiniza Cotopaxi Quilotoa Chimborazo Tungurahua Licto volcanic field Sangay
Central Volcanic Zone (14°–27° S)	Quimsachata Auquihuato Firura Sara Sara Solimana Coropuna Hualca Hualca Sabancaya Huambo volcanic field Ampato Andagua volcanic field Chachani Misti Ubinas Pichu Pichu Huaynaputina Ticsani Tutupaca Yucamane Casiri Tacora Parinacota Lauca Irruputuncu Olca-Paruma Azufre Sairecabur Licancabur Pacana Lascar Chiliques Llullaillaco Lastarria Galán San Francisco Incahuasi Ojos del Salado
Southern Volcanic Zone (33°–46° S)	Tupungato Tupungatito Maipo Calabozos Descabezado Grande Cerro Azul Nevado de Longaví Nevados de Chillán Antuco Copahue Callaqui Lonquimay Llaima Sollipulli Villarrica Quetrupillán Lanín Mocho-Choshuenco Carrán-Los Venados Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Casablanca Osorno Calbuco Hornopirén Huequi Michinmahuida Chaitén Corcovado Cay Macá Hudson
Austral Volcanic Zone (49°–55° S)	Lautaro Viedma Aguilera Reclus Burney Fueguino
Note: volcanoes are ordered by latitude from north to south

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