Nevado San Francisco
Nevado San Francisco, or Cerro San Francisco (Script error: No such module "IPA".), is a stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile,[1] located just southeast of San Francisco Pass. It is considered extinct and is one of the several Script error: No such module "convert". peaks in the area, of which the chief is the Ojos del Salado. It is on the border of 2 provinces: Argentinean province of Catamarca; Chilean province of Copiapo.[2][3][4]
The volcano is part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes[5] and reaches an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"..[6][2]Template:EfnTemplate:Efn It is composed from andesite with the exception of basaltic cones and lava flows on the eastern side. These cones are part of the Peinado lineament and a sample was dated 200,000 years ago by argon chronology.[7]Template:Rp They are noteworthy for their olivine phenocrysts.[5] One lava flow less than one million years old reaches a length of Script error: No such module "convert"..[8] The western slopes contain dacitic lava domes.[9] On the summit lie two circle-shaped constructs, of Inca or Formative period ages.[7] San Francisco was first climbed by Walther Penck (Germany) on 16 December 1913.[10]
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