Descabezado Grande facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Descabezado Grande |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,953 m (12,969 ft) |
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 Descabezado Grande
Location in Chile
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| Location | Central Chile |
| Parent range | Andes |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | South Volcanic Zone |
| Last eruption | June 1933 |
Descabezado Grande (also Cerro Azul or Quizapu) is a stratovolcano located in the Maule Region of central Chile. It is capped by a 1.4-kilometre-wide (0.9 mi) ice-filled caldera and named for its flat-topped form, as descabezado means "headless" in Spanish. A smaller crater about 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide is found in the northeast part of the caldera, and it has active fumaroles.
The volcano is composed of andesite and rhyodacite lava flows along with pyroclastic flow deposits. It has a basal diameter of about 10 by 12 kilometres (6.2 by 7.5 mi) and a total volume of about 30 cubic kilometres (7.2 cu mi). Along with Cerro Azul, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the south, it lies at the center of a 20-by-30-kilometre (12-by-19-mile) volcanic field.
Gallery
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Descabezado Grande volcano from the air. View to the east.
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Descabezado Grande is in the top center of this NASA World Wind screenshot.
See also
In Spanish: Volcán Descabezado Grande para niños
- List of volcanoes in Chile
