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Country: | Chile | |
| Subregion Name: | Northern Chile | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1505-098 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene? | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 5778 m | 18,956 feet | |
| Latitude: | 23.58°S | 23°35'0"S | |
| Longitude: | 67.70°W | 67°42'0"W | |
| Volcán Chiliques is a structurally simple stratovolcano located immediately south of Laguna Lejía. The 5778-m-high summit contains a 500-m-wide crater. Several youthful lava flows, some of which are considered to be of possible Holocene age (de Silva, 2007 pers. comm.), descend its flanks. The largest of these extends 5 km to the NW. Older lava flows reach up to 10 km from the summit on the north flank. This volcano had previously been considered to be dormant; however, in 2002 a NASA nighttime thermal infrared satellite image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) showed low-level hot spots in the summit crater and upper flanks. | |||
