Sairecabur
Sairecabur () is a volcano located on the frontier between Bolivia and Chile. It is part of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone. Sairecabur proper is high; other mountains in the range are high Curiquinca, high Escalante and high Cerro Colorado, all of which have erupted a number of lava flows. Also in close proximity to Sairecabur lie the volcanic centres Licancabur, Putana and Juriques.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Sairecabur
- Mountain.photo
- Sairecabur et Saciel.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Sairecabur and Saciel
- Mountain.location
- Bolivia–Chile border
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 5971
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Acamarachi
- Mountain.range
- Andes
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1300
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.first_ascent
- Pre-Columbian
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Sairecabur () is a volcano located on the frontier between Bolivia and Chile. It is part of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone. Sairecabur proper is high; other mountains in the range are high Curiquinca, high Escalante and high Cerro Colorado, all of which have erupted a number of lava flows. Also in close proximity to Sairecabur lie the volcanic centres Licancabur, Putana and Juriques.
Sairecabur proper is accompanied by a wide caldera. Before the formation of this caldera the volcano may have been high and thus one of the highest volcanoes on Earth. After the formation of this caldera lava effusion occurred during the Pleistocene and Holocene; there is no reported historical activity, however. Eruption products on Escalante and Sairecabur include andesite and dacite. The climate is dry, cold and very sunny.