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Nevados Ojos del Salado

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  • 27.109°S
  • 68.541°W

  • 6879 m
    22569 ft

  • 355130
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Most Recent Bulletin Report: November 1993 (BGVN 18:11) Citation IconCite this Report

Intermittent vapor-and-gas column observed for 3 hours

An intermittent gray column composed of water vapor and solfataric gases was observed for 3 hours on the evening of 14 November 1993. A similar, but less intense column was witnessed on 16 November by observers at the Servicio Agrícola Ganadero (Farm Service Office) and the local police station in Maricunga, 30 km from the volcano.

Information Contacts: Director, Servicio Informativo del la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia, Santiago.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Nevados Ojos del Salado.

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11/1993 (BGVN 18:11) Intermittent vapor-and-gas column observed for 3 hours




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November 1993 (BGVN 18:11) Citation IconCite this Report

Intermittent vapor-and-gas column observed for 3 hours

An intermittent gray column composed of water vapor and solfataric gases was observed for 3 hours on the evening of 14 November 1993. A similar, but less intense column was witnessed on 16 November by observers at the Servicio Agrícola Ganadero (Farm Service Office) and the local police station in Maricunga, 30 km from the volcano.

Information Contacts: Director, Servicio Informativo del la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia, Santiago.

This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 1 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

[ 1993 Nov 14 - 1993 Nov 14 ] Uncertain Eruption

Episode 1 | Eruption Episode
1993 Nov 14 - 1993 Nov 14 Evidence from Unknown

List of 3 Events for Episode 1

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Phreatic activity
   - - - -    - - - - Ash Uncertain
1993 Nov 14    - - - - VEI (Explosivity Index)

0750 ± 250 years Confirmed Eruption  

Episode 1 | Eruption Episode
0750 ± 250 years - Unknown Evidence from Correlation: Tephrochronology

List of 3 Events for Episode 1

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
   - - - -    - - - - Pyroclastic flow
   - - - -    - - - - Pumice
Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Nevados Ojos del Salado.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Nevados Ojos del Salado.

Photo Gallery

Dacitic pumice from Holocene eruptions of Nevados Ojos del Salado volcano lines the shores of Laguna Verde, NNE of the volcano. The lake lies near the Chile-Argentina border, between Mulas Muertas and Falso Azufre volcanoes.

Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile).
The dacitic volcanic complex of El Muerto abuts Nevados Ojos del Salado volcano on the east and NE. The summit of this massive complex contains dacitic lava domes and is cut by a 2.5-km-long depression containing a dozen eruptive centers; an additional two dozen centers lie outside the depression. Lava flows from these centers cover an area of 120 km2. The summit lava domes are of Pleistocene age, but the complex is cut by ENE-trending fractures that formed during Holocene eruptions of Ojos del Salado.

Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile).
The NW side of Nevados Ojos del Salado volcano rises above Pliocene ignimbrites and pyroclastic deposits of the Barranca Blanca. These deposits are overlain by dacitic pyroclastic-flow deposits from Ojos del Salado. A break in slope about half way up the volcano is the rim of a somma, inside which the modern edifice was constructed. Dacitic lava flows from the summit cone periodically overtopped the somma rim.

Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile).
The world's highest Holocene volcano, Nevados Ojos del Salado, rises to 6887 m along the border between Chile and Argentina. The summit complex, which is elongated in a NE-SW direction, is seen here from the NW. The massive volcanic complex contains numerous craters, cones, and andesitic and dacitic lava domes. No historical eruptions have been recorded, but the volcano is fumarolically active.

Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile).
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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Nevados Ojos del Salado in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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