Chiliques

Chiliques
The Chiliques volcano, seen from Laguna Miscanti.
Elevation	5,778 m (18,957 ft)
Location
Location	Chile
Range	Andes
Coordinates	23°35′0″S 67°42′0″W / 23.583333°S 67.7°W / -23.583333; -67.7
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown

Chiliques is a stratovolcano located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, immediately north of Cerro Miscanti. Laguna Lejía lies to the north of the volcano.

The volcano, which has been dormant for at least 10,000 years, is now showing signs of life. A January 6, 2002, nighttime thermal infrared image from ASTER revealed a hot spot in the summit crater as well as several others along the upper flanks of the volcano’s edifice, indicating new volcanic activity. Examination of an earlier nighttime thermal infrared image from May 24, 2000, showed no such hot spots.^[1]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Chile
• Cerro Miscanti
• Laguna Miscanti
• Miñiques
• Cordón Puntas Negras

External links

• SI Google Earth Placemarks - Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: download placemarks with SI Holocene volcano-data.

References

• "Chiliques". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1505-098. 

1. ^ "Chiliques Volcano, Chile". Visible Earth. NASA. http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2632. Retrieved 2007-03-24.