Geology and Minerals
Aguilera (volcano)
Aguilera (2,546 metres (8,353 ft)) is a stratovolcano in southern Chile. The volcano rises above the edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. It is a remote volcano that was identified as such in 1985. The first ascent only occurred in 2014, making it the last unclimbed major Andean volcano. Aguilera is located west of Lake Argentino and northeast of Peel Fjord in the southern Andes and erupted mainly dacites and pyroclastic tephra. It has erupted several times in the Holocene, with a major eruption taking place 3,000 ± 1,000 years before present. Its eruptions have spread ashfalls over Patagonia.
Also on this shelf
Geological formation.
Karst.
See also
- ▸Carnarvon Gorge
- ▸Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- ▸History of the petroleum industry in the United States
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