Cerro Volcánico

Cerro Volcánico
Highest point
Elevation 1,930 m (6,330 ft)
Coordinates 41°19′S 71°50′W / 41.317°S 71.833°W / -41.317; -71.833
Geography
Location Argentina
Parent range Andes
Geology
Age of rock Holocene ?
Mountain type Cinder cone
Last eruption 70,000–14,000 yrs ago

Cerro Volcánico (also known as Fonck) is a cinder cone in Argentina, located southeast of the massive stratovolcano of Tronador. The cone produced a single andesite lava flow, which has been bracketed in age between 70,000 and 14,000 years ago.

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