Cay (volcano)

For other uses of Cay, see Cay (disambiguation).

Cay
Cay volcano as viewed from the shoreline of Yulton Lake.
Highest point
Elevation	2,090 m (6,860 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	45°03′45″S 72°59′09″W / 45.06250°S 72.98583°W / -45.06250; -72.98583Coordinates: 45°03′45″S 72°59′09″W / 45.06250°S 72.98583°W / -45.06250; -72.98583
Geography
Location	north of Aisén Fjord, and west of Yulton Lake, Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, Chile
Parent range	Andes
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	South Volcanic Zone
Last eruption	Unknown

Cay is a stratovolcano in the South Volcanic Zone of the Andes in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, Chile. The volcano is located 15 km northeast of the larger Maca Volcano and about 230 km of the Chile Trench at the intersection of NW-SE and NE-SW faults of the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone.^[2] The volcano is composed from basalt and dacite and there is no evidence of Holocene activity.^[3] Below 1000m, several parasitic cones lie on the southwest flank of the volcano.^[4]

References

↑ "Cay". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
↑ D'Orazio, M.; Tamponia, M.; Tonarinib, S.; González-Ferránd, O.; Lahsend, A.; Omarinie, R. (August 2003). "The Quaternary calc-alkaline volcanism of the Patagonian Andes close to the Chile triple junction: geochemistry and petrogenesis of volcanic rocks from the Cay and Maca volcanoes (not, vert, similar45°S, Chile)". Journal of South american Earth Sciences (Elsevier) 16 (4): 219–242. Bibcode:2003JSAES..16..219D. doi:10.1016/S0895-9811(03)00063-4.
↑ José A. Naranjo; Charles R. Stern (December 2004). "Holocene tephrochronology of the southernmost part (42°30'-45°S) of the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone". Revista Geológica de Chile 31 (2): 225–240. doi:10.4067/S0716-02082004000200003 – via SciELO.
↑ M D'Orazio, F Innocenti, P Manetti, M Tamponi, S Tonarini, O González-Ferrán, A Lahsen, R Omarini (August 2003). "The Quaternary calc-alkaline volcanism of the Patagonian Andes close to the Chile triple junction: geochemistry and petrogenesis of volcanic rocks from the Cay and Maca volcanoes (∼45°S, Chile)". Journal of South American Earth Sciences 16 (4): 219–242. Bibcode:2003JSAES..16..219D. doi:10.1016/S0895-9811(03)00063-4. (registration required (help)).

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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Cay (volcano)

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