Cerro Capurata

Cerro Capurata
Elena Capurata

Cerro Capurata is in the center.
Highest point
Elevation 5,990 m (19,650 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°24′54″S 69°02′45″W / 18.415°S 69.0458°W / -18.415; -69.0458Coordinates: 18°24′54″S 69°02′45″W / 18.415°S 69.0458°W / -18.415; -69.0458
Geography
Cerro Capurata
Countries Chile and Bolivia
Parent range Andes
Climbing
First ascent 7 October 1967 by Ignacio Morlans and Pedro Rosende[2]

Cerro Capurata, also known as Elena Capurata,[3] is a stratovolcano in the Andes of Bolivia and Chile. It has a height of 5990 metres.[1] Above 5,940 metres (19,490 ft) Capurata is covered with ice.[4] To the south of Capurata lies Cerro Casparata and straight west Guallatiri.[3]

Compared to Acotango and Humurata, Capurata's rocks are relatively well preserved. Some hydrothermal alteration, partly associated with fumarolic activity, is present however.[5] The total volume of the edifice is 19 cubic kilometres (4.6 cu mi).[6] Sulfur deposits formed by solfataras are also found on Capurata.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Zeil, Werner (December 1964). "Die Verbreitung des jungen Vulkanismus in der Hochkordillere Nordchiles". Geologische Rundschau (in German) (Springer Verlag) 53 (2): 751. doi:10.1007/BF02054561. ISSN 1432-1149.
  2. ↑ "South America: Patagonia" (PDF). Alpine Journal. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 "SE 19-10 Arica, Chile; Peru; Bolivia". Latin America, Joint Operations Graphic 1:250,000 [Not for navigational use]. University of Texas. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Ochsenius, Claudio (1986). "La Glaciación Puna durante el Wisconsin, Desglaciación y Máximo Lacustre en la Transición Wisconsin-Holoceno y Refugios de Megafauna Postglaciales en la Puna y Desierto de Atacama" (PDF). Revista de Geografía Norte Grande (in Spanish) 13: 36. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Watts, Robert B.; Clavero Ribes, Jorge; Sparks, R. Stephen J. (30 September 2014). "Origen y emplazamiento del Domo Tinto, volcán Guallatiri, Norte de Chile.". Andean Geology 41 (3). doi:10.5027/andgeoV41n3-a04.
  6. ↑ Aravena, Diego; Villalón, Ignacio; Pablo, Sánchez. "Igneous Related Geothermal Resource in the Chilean Andes" (PDF). World Geothermal Congress 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Avila-Salinas, Waldo (1991). "Petrologic and tectonic evolution of the Cenozoic volcanism in the Bolivian western Andes" 265: 248. doi:10.1130/SPE265-p245. ISSN 0072-1077.

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