Alitar

| It has been suggested that this page be merged into Purico complex. (Discuss) Proposed since November 2020.

|

Alitar

A photo of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. Alitar is visible in the upper left corner of this photo.

Highest point
Elevation| 5,346 m (17,539 ft) [1]
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 23°09′S 67°38′W﻿ / ﻿23.15°S 67.633°W﻿ / -23.15; -67.633 [1]
Geography
Parent range| Andes
Geology
Age of rock| Holocene

Alitar is a fumarolically active volcano in the Andes.[2] It lies 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Purico volcano. Tipiaco volcano is located nearby.[3]

## Description

Alitar is constructed on Miocene-Pliocene La Pacana and Atana ignimbrite. The volcano is composed from andesites and dacites of Pliocene-Pleistocene age. A 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide, 50 metres (160 ft) deep maar lies at the southwest foot of the volcano. Fumarolic activity occurs both in the northern sector of the maar and another area 400 metres (1,300 ft) northwest of it. 200 metres (660 ft) west of the maar a hydrothermal well system comprising six pools and gas discharges is located in a creek.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Franco Tassi; Felipe Aguilera; Orlando Vaselli; Thomas Darrah; Eduardo Medina (2011). "Gas discharges from four remote volcanoes in northern Chile (Putana, Olca, Irruputuncu and Alitar): a geochemical survey". Annals of Geophysics 54 (2). doi:10.4401/ag-5173. http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/5173/5318.
2. ↑ D.M. Pyle; T.A. Mather; J. Biggs (6 January 2014). Remote Sensing of Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes: Integrating Observation and Modelling. Geological Society of London. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-86239-362-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Sn52AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA185.
3. ↑ United States. Bureau of Mines (1968). Mineral Trade Notes. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.. p. 30. https://books.google.com/books?id=I35OAAAAMAAJ.

* v
* t
* e

Andean volcanoes

Northern Volcanic Zone
(6° N – 3° S)|

* Paipa-Iza
* Romeral
* Cerro Bravo
* Nevado del Ruiz
* Nevado del Tolima
* Nevado del Huila
* Puracé
* Doña Juana
* Galeras
* Azufral
* Chiles
* Cayambe
* Reventador
* Pichincha
* Antisana
* Aliso
* Soche
* Illiniza
* Cotopaxi
* Quilotoa
* Chimborazo
* Tungurahua
* Licto volcanic field
* Sangay

Central Volcanic Zone
(14°–27° S)|

* Quimsachata
* Auquihuato
* Firura
* Sara Sara
* Solimana
* Coropuna
* Hualca Hualca
* Sabancaya
* Huambo volcanic field
* Ampato
* Andagua volcanic field
* Chachani
* Misti
* Ubinas
* Pichu Pichu
* Huaynaputina
* Ticsani
* Tutupaca
* Yucamane
* Purupuruni
* Casiri
* Tacora
* Taapaca
* Parinacota
* Lauca
* Tata Sabaya
* Isluga
* Irruputuncu
* Olca-Paruma
* Aucanquilcha‎
* Azufre
* Sairecabur
* Licancabur
* Pacana
* Lascar
* Chiliques
* Aracar
* Socompa
* Llullaillaco
* Lastarria
* Galán
* San Francisco
* Cueros de Purulla
* Incahuasi
* Ojos del Salado

Southern Volcanic Zone
(33°–46° S)|

* Tupungato
* Tupungatito
* Maipo
* Calabozos
* Descabezado Grande
* Cerro Azul
* Nevado de Longaví
* Nevados de Chillán
* Antuco
* Copahue
* Callaqui
* Lonquimay
* Llaima
* Sollipulli
* Villarrica
* Quetrupillán
* Lanín
* Mocho-Choshuenco
* Carrán-Los Venados
* Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
* Casablanca
* Osorno
* Calbuco
* Hornopirén
* Huequi
* Michinmahuida
* Chaitén
* Corcovado
* Mentolat
* Cay
* Macá
* Hudson

Austral Volcanic Zone
(49°–55° S)|

* Lautaro
* Viedma
* Aguilera
* Reclus
* Burney
* Fueguino

Note: volcanoes are ordered by latitude from north to south

0.00

(0 votes)

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Earth:Alitar&oldid=2656482"
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template