Tocorpuri

Tocorpuri is a volcano on the border between Chile and Bolivia. Its peak height is most recently given as and it features a wide summit crater. The volcano consists mainly of lava flows and pyroclastic deposits and is subdivided into two separate edifices. Just west of Tocorpuri, the La Torta lava dome is a high flat-topped structure. The volcanoes are formed by andesitic, dacitic and rhyolitic rocks.

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Mountain.name: Tocorpuri
Mountain.photo: Cerros de tocorpuri.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption: View from the south-west.
Mountain.other_name: Tocopuri
Mountain.elevation_m: 5808
Mountain.area_km2: 11
Mountain.map: Chile#Bolivia
Mountain.last_eruption: 34,000 ± 7,000 years
Mountain.age: Pleistocene
Mountain.<! can't have both: volcanic_arc/belt: Central Volcanic Zone -->
Mountain.volcanic_zone: Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex

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Elevation: 5808
Image: Tocorpuri Cerro La Torta Chile 173.jpg

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Geomorphology
Climate and hydrology
Geology
Composition
Hydrothermal system
Geologic history
La Torta
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The Tocorpuri volcanoes developed in the late Pleistocene in three separate stages and were subject to glaciation and tectonic faulting. The most recent eruption generated the La Torta lava dome 34,000 ± 7,000 years ago; presently there is geothermal activity which may be connected to that of the neighbouring El Tatio geothermal field.