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Volcán Espíritu Santo is a
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stratovolcano at the center of the San José volcanic group, located at from
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at the end of the Cajón del Maipo on the Chile-
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border. The -wide summit crater of Espíritu Santo volcano overlaps the southern slope of the
Marmolejo Volcán Marmolejo is a high Pleistocene stratovolcano in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is located NNE of the active San José volcano, and is the southernmost -plus peak in the world. The Argentine portion is with ...
volcano and partially overlies La Engorda. The San José complex includes - a part of Espíritu Santo, La Engorda and San José - the Plantat and
Marmolejo Volcán Marmolejo is a high Pleistocene stratovolcano in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is located NNE of the active San José volcano, and is the southernmost -plus peak in the world. The Argentine portion is with ...
volcanoes, the latter of which is the highest () and located on the North-end of the group.


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List of volcanoes in Argentina This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Argentina. Volcanoes {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" , - style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" , Name ! rowspan="2" , Type ! colspan="2" , Elevation ! Location ...
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List of volcanoes in Chile The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program lists 105 volcanoes in Chile that have been active during the Holocene.San José (volcano) San José Volcano is the stratovolcano that gives its name to a massive volcanic group, at about from Santiago de Chile at the end of the Cajón del Maipo on the Chile-Argentina border. It lies on the south end of an approximately x complex ...
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Marmolejo Volcán Marmolejo is a high Pleistocene stratovolcano in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is located NNE of the active San José volcano, and is the southernmost -plus peak in the world. The Argentine portion is with ...


References

* * (in Spanish; also includes volcanoes of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru) Volcanoes of Santiago Metropolitan Region Mountains of Santiago Metropolitan Region Mountains of Mendoza Province Volcanoes of Mendoza Province Active volcanoes Principal Cordillera Pleistocene stratovolcanoes Stratovolcanoes of Argentina Stratovolcanoes of Chile {{Santiago-geo-stub