Cerro Colorado is a
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
that lies in northern
Chile about west of the border with
Bolivia
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and approximately the same distance southwest of the
Putana Volcano.
Cerro Colorado is located immediately west of Cerro
Curiquinca and northwest of volcán
Escalante (El Apagado); all three mountains are considered to be part of the
Sairecabur volcanic group.
See also
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List of volcanoes in Bolivia
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List of volcanoes in Chile
References
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* (Spanish)
External links
SI Google Earth Placemarks- Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Download placemarks with SI Holocene volcano-data.
Volcanoes of Antofagasta Region
Stratovolcanoes of Chile
Mountains of Chile
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