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El Solo

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Country:Chile/Argentina
Subregion Name:Northern Chile
Volcano Number:1505-131
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Volcano Status:Holocene
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 6190 m 20,308 feet
Latitude: 27.108°S 27°6'30"S
Longitude: 68.72°W 68°43'0"W

El Solo is large stratovolcano composed of nine eruptive centers located west of Nevados del Ojos de Salado and SE of Tres Cruces volcano. The 6190-m-high volcano was the source of major rhyodacitic pyroclastic-flow deposits erupted during the Holocene that thickly fill adjacent valleys (González-Ferrán, 1995).

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