Tocomar Volcano
Updated: Mar 28, 2024 10:48 GMT -
Unknown 4950 m / 16240 ft
Argentina, -24.2°S / -66.5°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Argentina, -24.2°S / -66.5°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Tocomar volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The Tocomar volcanic center was the source of two major phreatomagmatic and phreatic eruptions during the Pleistocene. The Tocomar Ignimbrite of rhyolitic composition covers an area of 50 km2. It is located along the Calama-Olacapato-Toro fault zone south of Tuzgle and NE of Nevado Queva volcanoes.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information