Image of View of Ollagüe Volcano by Nigel Shaw

Image of View of Ollagüe Volcano by Nigel Shaw

Volcán Ollagüe (also known as Oyahué) is a massive andesitic stratovolcano in northern Chile on the border with Bolivia. It contains a dacitic summit lava dome. No historical eruptions have been confirmed from Ollagüe, but there is intense fumarolic activity and a persistent steam plume emanates from a fumarole on the south side of the summit dome. There are active sulphur mines on the upper western and southern flanks of the volcano which are serviced by a now disused switchback road which reaches 5650 m elevation and rank as one of the highest in the world.

Nigel Shaw

View of Ollagüe Volcano

Date Taken2006-06-05 03:48:48
MakePentax Corporation
ModelPENTAX K10D
Focal Length77
Exposure1/250
F Stop10
ISO100
SoftwareK10D Ver 1.31
Contributed2024-02-03 14:46:59

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