Purico Complex
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| Purico Complex | |
|---|---|
ASTE with Cerro El Chascón (right). |
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| Elevation | 5,703 metres (18,711 ft) |
| Location | Chile |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Type | Pyroclastic shield |
| Age of rock | Holocene |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
The Purico Complex is a pyroclastic shield, located in northern Chile, immediately south of the border between Bolivia and Chile.
[edit] Subsidiary features
- Stratovolcanoes
- Cerros de Macón - 5,130 m
- Cerro Toco - 5,604 m
- Maar
- Alitar - 5,346 m
- Lava domes
- Cerro Agua Amarga - 5,058 m
- Cerro Áspero - 5,262 m
- Cerro Chajnantor - 5,639 m
- Cerro El Chascón - 5,703 m
- Cerro Negro - 5,016 m
- Cerro Putas - 5,462 m
[edit] See also
Summit of Cerro Toco (left) and Cerros de Macón (right) from Salar de Atacama area.

