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Puntiagudo-Cordón Cenizos
Puntiagudo as seen on February 22, 2015.
Highest point
Elevation2,493 m (8,179 ft)
Coordinates 40°58′10″S 72°15′50″W / 40.96944°S 72.26389°W / -40.96944; -72.26389
Geography
Location Chile
Parent range Andes
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption1850

Puntiagudo-Cordón Cenizos (Spanish pronunciation: [puntjaˈɣuðo koɾˈðon seˈnisos]) is a snow-capped volcanic chain located in the Andes, in Los Lagos Region of Chile, near Volcán Osorno. It lies between Rupanco Lake and Todos los Santos Lake. "Volcán Puntiagudo" ( Spanish for "Sharp-pointed volcano") is a stratovolcano with a prominent 2,493 m high sharp-pointed summit that results from glacial dissection and gets its name from this feature. According to locals,[ who?] the Puntiagudo volcano lost some of its sharp point in the earthquake of 1960 (9.4–9.6 Mw).[ citation needed] So the volcano was more pointed than it is today.[ citation needed] Puntiagudo is also given the name Cerro Cenizas.

Puntiagudo is partially contained within Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park.

Puntiagudo (left) and Osorno volcanoes viewed from Antillanca

See also

References

  • "Puntiagudo-Cordón Cenizos". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Puntiagudo Volcano)
Puntiagudo-Cordón Cenizos
Puntiagudo as seen on February 22, 2015.
Highest point
Elevation2,493 m (8,179 ft)
Coordinates 40°58′10″S 72°15′50″W / 40.96944°S 72.26389°W / -40.96944; -72.26389
Geography
Location Chile
Parent range Andes
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption1850

Puntiagudo-Cordón Cenizos (Spanish pronunciation: [puntjaˈɣuðo koɾˈðon seˈnisos]) is a snow-capped volcanic chain located in the Andes, in Los Lagos Region of Chile, near Volcán Osorno. It lies between Rupanco Lake and Todos los Santos Lake. "Volcán Puntiagudo" ( Spanish for "Sharp-pointed volcano") is a stratovolcano with a prominent 2,493 m high sharp-pointed summit that results from glacial dissection and gets its name from this feature. According to locals,[ who?] the Puntiagudo volcano lost some of its sharp point in the earthquake of 1960 (9.4–9.6 Mw).[ citation needed] So the volcano was more pointed than it is today.[ citation needed] Puntiagudo is also given the name Cerro Cenizas.

Puntiagudo is partially contained within Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park.

Puntiagudo (left) and Osorno volcanoes viewed from Antillanca

See also

References

  • "Puntiagudo-Cordón Cenizos". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.



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