Chile
Synonyms: Cerro Tugle, Cerro Tujle
Location: 23º51'S; 67º56'W
Type: Discrete Maar
Summit Elevation: 3500 m
Edifice Height: 60m (depth)

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Cerro Tucle is a 60-m-deep Holocene maar erupted in relation to regional faulting. It is surrounded by a dark-colored ejecta blanket. The maar is located SE of the Salar de Atacama, north of Cerro Toloncha.

References

de Silva, S.L., and Francis, P.W., 1991. Volcanoes of the Central Andes. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 216 p.

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