Pali-Aike Volcanic Field

Pali-Aike Volcanic Field

Infobox Mountain
Name= Pali-Aike Volcanic Field
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation= Convert|282|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=Patagonia, ArgentinaChile
Range=Andes
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|52|S|70|W|type:mountain_region
Topographic

Type=Volcanic field, cinder cones, maars
Age=
Last eruption= 5550 BC ± 1000 years
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Pali-Aike Volcanic Field (also spelled Palei-Aike) is a Pleistocene-to-Holocene volcanic field in Patagonia on the ArgentinaChile border, located north of the Straits of Magellan about 150 km northwest of Punta Arenas, Chile. The volcanic field contains lake-filled maars, along with basaltic scoria cones and spatter cones with fresh-looking lava flows. It is the southernmost basaltic volcanic field in Patagonia.

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Argentina
*List of volcanoes in Chile
*Laguna Potrok Aike

References

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* (in Spanish; also includes volcanoes of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru)


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