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San Pedro is located in northern Chile, in the Ollagüe commune, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region; [4] the border to Bolivia is 35 kilometres (22 mi) away. [5] The whole region is remote and thinly populated; [6] towns in the area include Ascotán, Cupo, Inacaliri and Paniri; [7] and the San Pedro railway station lies southwest of the volcano. [8]
Volcán San Pedro (or Las Yeguas) is a 3,020-metre (9,908 ft) stratovolcano on the shores of Lago de Atitlán, in the Sololá Department of southern Guatemala. It is part of the mountain range of the Sierra Madre. At the base of the volcano is the village of San Pedro La Laguna.
These volcanoes are part of the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean. Volcán Atitlán is a few miles south of Volcán Tolimán, which rises from the southern shore of Lake Atitlán. Volcán San Pedro rises above Lake Atitlán northwest of Volcán Atitlán. A long narrow bay separates Volcán Atitlán and Volcán Toliman from Volcán San Pedro.
The country's National Geology and Mining Service lists 90 active volcanoes. [2] The volcanoes of the Andes originate from the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate, while the volcanoes of Chile's Pacific islands formed from magma coming from three distinct hotspots, Easter, Juan Fernández and San Felix hotspots. The ...
Quality image of San Pedro volcano (left) and San Pablo volcano (right) in northern Chile. San Pedro is number 19 on Wikipedia's list of tallest volcanoes by elevation above sea level. It has two adjacent cones, the old and the new. The old cone was active over 100,000 years ago and the new cone's last large eruption was around 10,000 years ago ...
Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment. “The western part of the Yellowstone ...
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Aerial photograph of the San Pedro Pellado composite volcano San Pedro de Tatara (aka San Pedro-Pellado) is a volcano in Chile. 36°00′S 71°50′W / 36.00°S 71.83°W / -36.00; -71.83 ( "San Pedro de