Uturuncu

E300970

Uturuncu is a dormant stratovolcano in southwestern Bolivia, notable for its high elevation and signs of ongoing ground uplift that suggest potential magmatic activity beneath it.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Uturuncu canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
volcano ⓘ
age Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ
associatedWith Altiplano-Puna magma body ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
elevation about 19708 ft ⓘ
about 6008 m ⓘ
geologicalSetting continental arc ⓘ
subduction-related volcano ⓘ
hasFeature fumaroles ⓘ
hydrothermal activity ⓘ
lava domes ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
two main summits ⓘ
hasHazard potential ashfall ⓘ
potential future explosive eruptions ⓘ
potential pyroclastic flows ⓘ
hasResearchActivity geodetic monitoring ⓘ
geophysical imaging ⓘ
petrological studies ⓘ
seismic monitoring ⓘ
isConsidered potentially active volcano ⓘ
lastEruption Holocene ⓘ
within the last few hundred thousand years ⓘ
locatedIn Altiplano-Puna region ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Andes ⓘ
Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ
Potosí Department ⓘ
South America ⓘ
southwestern Bolivia ⓘ
near Salar de Lípez ⓘ
Salar de Uyuni ⓘ
partOf Andean Central Volcanic Zone volcanic chain ⓘ
rockType andesite ⓘ
dacite ⓘ
showsPhenomenon crustal inflation ⓘ
ground uplift ⓘ
surface deformation ⓘ
status dormant ⓘ
tectonicSetting Nazca Plate subducting beneath South American Plate ⓘ
upliftDetectionMethod GPS ⓘ
InSAR ⓘ
upliftInterpretation magmatic intrusion at depth ⓘ
upliftRate on the order of 1–2 cm per year ⓘ
volcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andean Volcanic Belt → contains → Uturuncu ⓘ
Bolivian Andes → contains → Uturuncu ⓘ