Cerro Walther Penck (also known as Cerro Cazadero or Cerro Tipas) is a massive complex volcano in the Andes, located in northwestern Argentina, Catamarca Province, Tinogasta Department, at the Puna de Atacama. It is just southwest of Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world. Walther Penck itself is perhaps the third highest active volcano in the world.
Vulcanism
complex covers a surface area of , it consists of
,
, and lava flows. There are reports of fumarolic activity, and de Silva and Francis (1991) considered that the volcano was last active in the Holocene.
Crater lakes with a smell of
sulfur were reported in 2013.
The Tipas-Cerro Bayo complex was active 2.9-1.2 million years ago with
and
. Magma composition is typical for Andean
. Tomographic studies of the underlying crust indicate a pattern of seismic attenuation beneath Tipas.
Elevation
It has an official height of 6658 meters,
however, based on the
elevation provided by the available Digital elevation models,
SRTM (6663m
), ASTER (6627m
),
SRTM filled with ASTER (6663m
),
TanDEM-X(6699m
), and also a handheld GPS survey by
Maximo Kausch on 04/2013 (6688 meters),
Walther Penck is about 6670 meters above sea level.
The height of the nearest key col is 6019 meters.
See also
-
List of volcanoes in Argentina
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