Volcan de la Pena

Volcan de la Pena is a volcano in Chile.

Volcan de la Pena is part of the High Andes of Chile, between 25° and 26°30′ degrees south. The Andes there at altitudes over 3500 m feature a number of volcanoes, as well as products of eruptive activity. The Salar Grande lies east of Chato Aislado. Chato Aislado has been proposed as a geosite location for Chile.

Volcan de la Pena is a 5247 m high cone that rises from a Miocene ignimbrite plateau, northeast of the Salar de Pajonales. The 12 million years old cone is capped off by a lava dome and has been affected by numerous sector collapses in the past, which have generated hummocky deposits. The largest collapse has a volume of 2.31 km3. Most of these deposits are degraded, as are the collapse scars. The total volume of the otherwise little eroded edifice is about 31 km3.