Chiles volcano

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Chiles volcano is a stratovolcano on the Colombia–Ecuador border known for its high elevation and geothermal and seismic activity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
belongsToVolcanicArc Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes NERFINISHED
country Colombia
Ecuador
elevation about 15420 feet
about 4700 metres
experiencedSeismicSwarm October 2014
geologicalAge Quaternary
hasAlternativeName Cerro Chiles NERFINISHED
Volcán Chiles NERFINISHED
hasGeothermalActivity yes
hasGeothermalPotential high
hasHydrothermalSystem yes
hasSeismicActivity yes
hasSummitCoveredBy snow
hasSummitCrater yes
hasVolcanicEdificeComposition lava flows
pyroclastic deposits
hazardType explosive eruptions
lahars
pyroclastic flows
isMonitoredFor earthquakes
ground deformation
volcanic eruptions
isPartOfVolcanicComplexWith Cerro Negro de Mayasquer NERFINISHED
isStratovolcanoOf Northern Andes volcanic zone NERFINISHED
lastEruptiveUnrestPeriod 2013–2015
locatedInMountainRange Andes NERFINISHED
locatedInSubrange Cordillera Occidental of Ecuador NERFINISHED
Western Ranges of the Colombian Andes NERFINISHED
locatedNearVolcano Azufral volcano NERFINISHED
Cumbal volcano NERFINISHED
locatedOnBorderOf Colombia NERFINISHED
Ecuador NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent South America
monitoringAgency Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional NERFINISHED
Servicio Geológico Colombiano NERFINISHED
nearBorderTown Ipiales NERFINISHED
Tulcán NERFINISHED
nearInternationalBorder Colombia–Ecuador border NERFINISHED
region Carchi Province NERFINISHED
Nariño Department NERFINISHED
tectonicSetting Nazca Plate subduction beneath South American Plate
volcanoType andesitic stratovolcano

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Cerro Negro de Mayasquer locatedNear Chiles volcano
Cerro Negro de Chiles near Chiles volcano