Chaxas
Chaxas is a lava dome complex which has been the source of the 1.09±0.56 mya Chaxas ignimbrite in the Andes. The ignimbrite dips away from the domes and are partially younger than the Puripicar ignimbrite.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,460 metres
- Description: mountain in Antofagasta Region, Chile
- Also known as: “Cerro Chaxas”
Chaxas
- Categories: mountain, complex volcano, and landform
- Location: San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Northern Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-22.79287° or 22° 47′ 34″ southLongitude
-67.96675° or 67° 58′ 0″ westElevation
4,460 metres (14,633 feet)Open location code
579J624M+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3060360722OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Chaxas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro Chaxas”
- Dutch: “Cerro Chaxas”
- Spanish: “Cerro Chaxas”
- Swedish: “Cerro Chaxas”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chaxas”. Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.