San Pablo (volcano)

San Pablo
Volcan San Pablo from just below the summit on San Pedro volcano
Highest point
Elevation6,110 m (20,050 ft)[1]
Prominence808 m (2,651 ft)[2]
Parent peakSan Pedro
Coordinates21°53′02″S 68°20′33″W / 21.88389°S 68.34250°W / -21.88389; -68.34250[1]
Geography
San Pablo is located in Chile
San Pablo
San Pablo
Chile
LocationChile
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Climbing
First ascentSeptember 1910 by Hans Berger (Germany)[3][4][5]
Easiest routeNorth side to col then west slopes

San Pablo is a dormant volcano located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, near the Bolivia border. It is joined to the younger San Pedro volcano by a high col. It is located in the Chilean province of El Loa, city of Calama and Ollagüe.[6]

San Pablo was active in pre-glacial times. After that period, glaciations formed a girdle of moraines and the mountain was covered by ash fall from neighbouring San Pedro.[7] Its central crater was eroded and a glacier formed inside. The volcano itself is formed by three groups of andesite lavas which variously contain pyroxene or hornblende; these groups are known as the Lower Group, the Middle Group and the Summit Group.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Cumbres en Zona Fronteriza: Volcán San Pablo" (in Spanish). Chilean Government - Difrol. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ^ "San Pablo". Andes Specialists. Archived from the original on 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  3. ^ Le Ande Fantin. p. 105.
  4. ^ Evelio Echeverría (1963). "AAJ (American Alpine Journal)". AAJ (American Alpine Journal): 428.
  5. ^ "San Pablo". Andes Website. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. ^ rbenavente. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | SIIT | Mapas vectoriales". bcn.cl. Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  7. ^ O'callaghan, L. J.; Francis, P. W. (1986-03-01). "Volcanological and petrological evolution of San Pedro volcano, Provincia EI Loa, North Chile". Journal of the Geological Society. 143 (2): 277. Bibcode:1986JGSoc.143..275O. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.143.2.0275. ISSN 0016-7649. S2CID 129912382. Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  8. ^ Francis, P. W.; Roobol, M. J.; Walker, G. P. L.; Cobbold, P. R.; Coward, M. (1974-01-01). "The San Pedro and San Pablo volcanoes of northern Chile and their hot avalanche deposits". Geologische Rundschau. 63 (1): 357–388. Bibcode:1974GeoRu..63..357F. doi:10.1007/BF01820994. ISSN 0016-7835. S2CID 128960834.

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