Alitar

Alitar
Highest point
Elevation	5,346 m (17,539 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	23°09′S 67°38′W / 23.150°S 67.633°W / -23.150; -67.633Coordinates: 23°09′S 67°38′W / 23.150°S 67.633°W / -23.150; -67.633 ^[1]
Geography
Parent range	Andes
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene

Alitar is a fumarolically active volcano in the Andes.^[2] It lies 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Purico volcano. Tipiaco volcano is located nearby.^[3]

Description

Alitar is constructed on Miocene-Pliocene La Pacana and Atana ignimbrite. The volcano is composed from andesites and dacites of Pliocene-Pleistocene age. A 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide, 50 metres (160 ft) deep maar lies at the southwest foot of the volcano. Fumarolic activity occurs both in the northern sector of the maar and another area 400 metres (1,300 ft) northwest of it. 200 metres (660 ft) west of the maar a hydrothermal well system comprising six pools and gas discharges is located in a creek.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Franco Tassi, Felipe Aguilera, Orlando Vaselli, Thomas Darrah, Eduardo Medina (2011). "Gas discharges from four remote volcanoes in northern Chile (Putana, Olca, Irruputuncu and Alitar): a geochemical survey". Annals of Geophysics 54 (2). doi:10.4401/ag-5173.
↑ D.M. Pyle; T.A. Mather; J. Biggs (6 January 2014). Remote Sensing of Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes: Integrating Observation and Modelling. Geological Society of London. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-86239-362-2.
↑ United States. Bureau of Mines (1968). Mineral Trade Notes. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. p. 30.

Andean volcanoes

Northern Volcanic Zone (6° N–3° S)	Romeral Nevado del Ruiz Nevado del Tolima Nevado del Huila Puracé Doña Juana Galeras Cayambe Reventador Pichincha Antisana Aliso Soche Illiniza Cotopaxi Quilotoa Chimborazo Tungurahua Sangay

Central Volcanic Zone (15°–27° S)	Sara Sara Sulimana Coropuna Wallqa Wallqa Sabancaya Ampato Andagua volcanic field Chachani Misti Ubinas Huaynaputina Tixani Tutupaka Yukamani Parina Quta Iru Phutunqu Azufre Sairecabur Pacana Licancabur Lascar Llullaillaco Galán San Francisco Ojos del Salado

Southern Volcanic Zone (33°–46° S)	Tupungato Tupungatito Maipo Calabozos Descabezado Grande Cerro Azul Nevado de Longaví Nevados de Chillán Antuco Copahue Callaqui Lonquimay Llaima Sollipulli Villarrica Quetrupillán Lanín Mocho-Choshuenco Carrán-Los Venados Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Casablanca Osorno Calbuco Hornopirén Huequi Michinmahuida Chaitén Corcovado Cay Macá Hudson

Austral Volcanic Zone (49°–55° S)	Lautaro Viedma Aguilera Reclus Burney Fueguino

Note: volcanoes are ordered by latitude from north to south

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