Cerro Solo is a large
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 ...
on the border between
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
and
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
, west of
Ojos del Salado with an elevation of metres.
It consists of nine eruptive centers and is covered in light-colored
rhyodacite
Rhyodacite is a volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite. It is the extrusive equivalent of those plutonic rocks that are intermediate in composition between monzogranite and granodiorite. Rhyodacites form from rapid ...
pyroclastic flow
A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of bu ...
deposits.
Its territory is within the Argentinean protection area of Catamarca High Andean and Puna Lakes Ramsar Site.
It is located in the territory of the Argentinean province of
Catamarca (commune of Fiambalá)
and the Chilean province of
Copiapo (commune of Copiapó).
First Ascent
Solo was first climbed by Luis Alvarado, Jorge Balastino, Carlos and Oscar Alvarez (Chile) on 21 February 1950.
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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List of volcanoes in Chile
Notes
External links
Elevation information about SoloWeather Forecast at Solo
References
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Volcanoes of Atacama Region
Mountains of Chile
Stratovolcanoes of Chile
Mountains of Argentina
Stratovolcanoes of Argentina
Volcanoes of Catamarca Province
Polygenetic volcanoes
Six-thousanders of the Andes
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