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Cerro Quemado (Burned Mountain) is a mountain in the Andes Mountains of Argentina. Found in the Atacama Plateau along with about 12 others (such as Cerro Solo , Antofalla , Pular ), it has a height of 6,184 metres (20,289 ft).
The Cerro Quemado mountain is an important site for the Huichol ceremonial migration, Peyote hunt, and deer dance. On October 27, 2000 United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) claimed this site as a protected area for its importance as a cultural route and endemic flora and fauna species.
Cerro Quemado underwent a flank collapse 1,150BP, generating a landslide that went 6 km SSW in the Llano de Pinal valley and occupied an area of 13 km 2, generating a lateral blast that affected the neighbouring Volcán Siete Orejas volcano as well. A lava dome emerged inside the collapse scar subsequently. 1818 an eruption formed a block lava ...
Cerro Quemado 6,184 m (20,289 ft) Reclus 6,335 m (20,784 ft) Majadita 6,280 m (20,600 ft) Cerro Olivares 6,216 m (20,394 ft) Cerro Solo 6,205 m (20,358 ft) Cerro El Toro (San Juan) 6,168 m (20,236 ft) Cerro Tortolas 6,160 m (20,210 ft) Queva 6,140 m (20,140 ft) Colangüil 6,122 m (20,085 ft) Marmolejo 6,108 m (20,039 ft)
Cerro del Nacimiento: Cordillera de la Ramada Argentina: 6,427: Ancohuma ... Cerro Quemado: Puna de Atacama
Between October and March, they follow the journey of their deities from Haramara's sea to the place where the Sun appeared (Reunax), the Cerro Quemado (Leunaxü). Those Gods were guided by Tatewari, the Grandfather Fire. There, a Deer (maxa) used his horns to rise the sun to the sky, illuminating the world.
The principal mountains include the volcanoes Cerro Quemado, Chicabal, Lacandon, Santa María, Santiaguito, Santo Tomás (also known as Picul) and Siete Orejas, as well as Zunil peak, often erroneously referred to as a volcano. [27] [28] Cerro Quemado produces a number of thermal springs, several of which have been converted into baths. [29]
On October 27, 2000, one of their sacred mountains, Cerro Quemado (Leunaxü), important in ceremonial migration, peyote hunt, and deer dances, became a United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) protected area for its importance as a cultural route and endemic flora and fauna species. On June 9, 2001, the site was ...