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Country: | Chile | |
| Subregion Name: | Northern Chile | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1505-102 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcanoes | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene? | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 5910 m | 19,390 feet | |
| Latitude: | 23.82°S | 23°49'0"S | |
| Longitude: | 67.77°W | 67°46'0"W | |
| Volcán Miñiques is a large basaltic-andesite to dacitic volcanic complex south of Laguna Miscanti and Laguna Miñiques. The 5910-m-high summit of the volcano is cut by three overlapping, E-W-trending craters. Larger craters, partially filled by lava domes and flows, are located west and NE of the summit. The stratovolcano and lava-dome complex was considered to have been active from the Pliocene to the Holocene (González-Ferrán, 1995); de Silva (2007 pers. comm.) assigned it a possible Holocene age. A prominent lava flow extends NW-ward from the summit to the lower flanks, separating Laguna Miñiques from Laguna Miscanti. | |||
