Tinguiririca Volcano

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Tinguiririca Volcano
Tinguiririca Volcano
Highest point
Elevation 4,280 m (14,040 ft)
Coordinates 34°48′49″S70°21′07″W / 34.81361°S 70.35194°W / -34.81361; -70.35194
Geography
Location Chile
Parent range Andes
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 1917

Tinguiririca Volcano is a massive and active stratovolcano located in Chile's VI Region (O'Higgins) near the Argentinian border. Constant fumarolic activity occurs within and on the NW wall of its summit crater and hot springs and fumaroles can also be seen on the western flanks, as illustrated by the image on the right. It was near this volcano that the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in 1972, and those passengers who had survived the crash were lost for 72 days.

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