Aracar Volcano

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Aracar is a large conical stratovolcano in northwestern Argentina, just east of the Chilean border. It has an uneroded summit crater about 1.5 km (1 mi) in diameter which contains a small crater lake. It is located on the edge of the Puna de Atacama, a high desert plateau east of the Atacama Desert. The only observed volcanic activity was a possible steam or ash plume on March 28, 1993, seen from the village of Tolar Grande about 50 km (30 mi) southeast of the volcano.
in "Volcanes de Chiles", O. Gonzalez-Ferran, IGM,1994.

Elevation 6,082 metres
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 1993

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracar
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Coordinates:   24°17'26"S   67°47'10"W
This article was last modified 10 years ago