Cerro Volcánico (also known as Fonck) is a
cinder cone
A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. The pyroclastic fragments are formed by explosive eruptions o ...
in
Argentina, located southeast of the massive
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
of
Tronador. The cone produced a single
andesite lava flow
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or und ...
, which has been bracketed in age between 70,000 and 14,000 years ago.
Sources
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See also
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List of volcanoes in Argentina
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Argentina.
Volcanoes
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El Bolsón, Río Negro
El Bolsón is a town in the southwest of Río Negro Province, Argentina, at the foot of the Piltriquitron Mountain. Due to a series of valleys through the mountains of Chile to the Pacific Ocean, El Bolsón has an unusually mild climate for its s ...
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El Bolsón Airport
El Bolsón Airport is an airport serving El Bolsón, Río Negro, Argentina.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
*7 August 1977: A LADE Twin Otter 300, tail number T-87, crashed into Cerro Bayo shortly after takeoff from the ...
Cinder cones
Volcanoes of Río Negro Province
Subduction volcanoes
Mountains of Argentina
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