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Country: | Bolivia | |
| Subregion Name: | Bolivia | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1505-021 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Pyroclastic shield | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 4215 m | 13,829 feet | |
| Latitude: | 18.62°S | 18°37'0"S | |
| Longitude: | 68.75°W | 68°45'0"W | |
| A low pyroclastic shield near the Rio Lauca forms Cerro Volcán Tambo Quemado on the Bolivian Altiplano. The extremely youthful-looking volcanic complex (also known as Cerro Quemado or Volcán Sacabaya) displays fumarolic activity and is estimated to be of Holocene age. Tambo Quemado consists of a broad ignimbrite shield capped by an elongated NNE-SSW-trending vent area about 2 x 3.5 km in diameter formed by three large overlapping craters. The youngest crater lies at the southern end of the 4215-m-high summit region and contains a blocky lava dome. Wind has redistributed tephra deposits to the east and south, forming aeolian sand dunes. | |||