Colachi
Sign in to saveColachi is a stratovolcano in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. It was built on a basement of ignimbrites. A 7 km² silicic lava flow lies on the saddle between the volcano and Acamarachi.
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- stratovolcano
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- El Loa Province
- Elevation
- 5631
- Material used
- andesite
- Image
- Salar de Pujsa con Acamarachi.jpg
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- mountain range
- Cordillera Occidental
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- Colachi (volcano)
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Colachi is a stratovolcano in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. It was built on a basement of ignimbrites. A 7 km² silicic lava flow lies on the saddle between the volcano and Acamarachi.
Colachi is part of a chain of stratovolcanoes stretching along the eastern side of the Salar de Atacama, the most active of which being Lascar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colachi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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