Papallacta, Ecuador
Chacana
Chacana is a large 32-km long - 18–24 km wide caldera that has erupted in historical times. It forms one of the largest rhyolite centers in the Northern Andes with major eruptions over the past 240,000, 180,00, and 160,000 years ago and has had andesitic-rhyolitic volcanism. With dacitic lava flows continuing into historical times.
- City
- Papallacta
- Country
- Ecuador
- Category
- Nature
- Suggested visit
- About 150 minutes
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