Cerro_Bonete

Cerro Bonete

Cerro Bonete

Mountain in Argentina

For the Spanish municipality, see Bonete. For the Bolivian volcano, see Cerro Bonete (Lipez).

Cerro Bonete is a mountain in the north of the province of La Rioja, Argentina, near the provincial border with Catamarca. Its summit is 6,759 m above mean sea level, making it the fifth-highest separate mountain in the Americas (after Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado, Monte Pissis, and Huascaran). SRTM data disproves the frequently-made claim that its summit is 6,872 m above sea level.

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Within the last 3.5 million years, volcanic activity at Cerro Bonete has formed lava domes of dacite and rhyodacite.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Cerro Bonete on Google Maps
  2. [2]
    Mpodozis, C.; Kay, S. M. (2009). Evolution of < 10 Ma Valle Ancho Region Lavas, Southern End of the Central Andean Volcanic Zone (~27.5°S). XII Congreso Geológico Chileno. Santiago. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 24 March 2017.


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