Aucanquilcha
Sign in to saveAucanquilcha is a massive stratovolcano located in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, just west of the border with Bolivia and within the Alto Loa National Reserve. Part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, the stratovolcano has the form of a ridge with a maximum height of . The volcano is embedded in a larger cluster of volcanoes known as the Aucanquilcha cluster. This cluster of volcanoes was formed in stages over eleven million years of activity with varying magma output, including lava domes and lava flows. Aucanquilcha volcano proper is formed from four units that erupted bet
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Aucanquilcha
- Mountain.etymology
- Quechua: Auqa/aukka; "cruel"/"enemy", kichka/khiska; "spine"; "cruel spine"
- Mountain.pronunciation
- OW-kahn-KEEL-chuh
- Mountain.photo
- Volcán Aucanquilcha, Chile, 2016-02-10, DD 11.JPG
- Mountain.photo_alt
- A flat mountain massif over a plain
- Mountain.photo_caption
- View of Aucanquilcha volcano from the northwest
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6176
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Huascaran
- Mountain.location
- Antofagasta
- Mountain.range
- Andes
- Mountain.map
- Chile
- Mountain.map_alt
- Aucanquilcha is located in the northernmost part of Chile
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2145
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.age
- Up to 11 Ma (Late Miocene)
- Mountain.geology
- Dacite
- Mountain.volcanic_zone
- Central Volcanic Zone
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 240,000 ± 50,000 years ago (Pleistocene)
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- Elevation
- 6176
- Image
- Aucanquilcha Volcano.jpg
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12 sectionsContents
- Geography and geology
- Regional setting
- Local setting
- Eruptive history
- Aucanquilcha cluster
- Aucanquilcha proper
- Glaciation and hydrology
- Human activity and mining
- Altitude and habitation
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Aucanquilcha is a massive stratovolcano located in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, just west of the border with Bolivia and within the Alto Loa National Reserve. Part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, the stratovolcano has the form of a ridge with a maximum height of . The volcano is embedded in a larger cluster of volcanoes known as the Aucanquilcha cluster. This cluster of volcanoes was formed in stages over eleven million years of activity with varying magma output, including lava domes and lava flows. Aucanquilcha volcano proper is formed from four units that erupted between 1.04–0.23 million years ago. During the ice ages, both the principal Aucanquilcha complex and the other volcanoes of the cluster were subject to glaciation, resulting in the formation of moraines and cirques.
The cluster has generated lava ranging in composition from andesite to dacite, with the main volcano being exclusively of dacitic composition. Systematic variations in temperature, crystal and biotite content have been recorded during the evolution of the cluster.