Cerros de Incahuasi is a mountain with several summits located in the
Antofagasta Region
The Antofagasta Region (, ) is one of Chile's Administrative divisions of Chile, sixteen first-order administrative divisions. Being the second-largest region of Chile in area, it comprises three provinces, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, El ...
of
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
, near
Sico Pass. The present–day mountain is the result of the partial collapse of an ancient
volcanic edifice.
The Incahuasi Sur volcano in this range was active 10.5 million years ago. It is associated with a
volcanic belt
A volcanic belt is a large volcanically active region. Other terms are used for smaller areas of activity, such as volcanic fields or volcanic systems. Volcanic belts are found above zones of unusually high temperature () where magma is created ...
and
fault that extends southeastward from Incahuasi Sur, the Calama–Olacapato–El Toro fault.
See also
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Caichinque
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Cerro Miscanti
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Miñiques
Miñiques is a massive volcanic complex containing a large number of craters, lava domes and flows, located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile. Located south of Volcán Chiliques and west of Cordón Puntas Negras, it is part of a frequently ...
References
Mountains of Antofagasta Region
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Stratovolcanoes of Chile
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
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