Cerro Tumisa
Tumisa is a Pleistocene stratovolcano in the Andes. Located east of the Salar de Atacama, it is part of the Central Volcanic Zone, which since the Miocene has been subject to extensive andesitic/dacitic effusive activity and ignimbrite eruptions.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,658 metres
- Description: mountain in Chile
- Also known as: “Tumisa” and “Volcán Tumisa”
Cerro Tumisa
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, and landform
- Location: San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Northern Chile, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-23.46024° or 23° 27′ 37″ south
Longitude
-67.80953° or 67° 48′ 34″ west
Elevation
5,658 metres (18,563 feet)
Open location code
578JG5QR+W5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cerro Tumisa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro Tumisa”
- Dutch: “Cerro Tumisa”
- German: “Tumisa”
- Spanish: “Cerro Tumisa”
- Spanish: “Tumisa”
- Swedish: “Cerro Tumisa”
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