Chaxas
Chaxas is a locality in San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa, Antofagasta and has an elevation of 3,835 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Chaxas
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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.
Chaxas
- Type: Locality
- Location: San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Northern Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-22.78333° or 22° 47′ southLongitude
-67.98333° or 67° 59′ westElevation
3,835 metres (12,582 feet)Open location code
579J6288+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 214225831OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3895320
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