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Antofagasta de la Sierra is a volcanic field
Volcanic field

A volcanic field is a spot of the earth's Crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. They usually contain 10 to 100 volcanoes, such as cinder cones and are usually in clusters....
 in Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. The main type of volcanic edifice in the area are scoria cones
Cinder cone

According to the , Cinder Cone is the proper name of 1 cinder cone in Canada and 7 cinder cones in the United States:In Canada: Cinder Cone ...
. The area contains the youngest vents in the whole of the Puna
Puna

Puna may refer to:* Puna , one of the eight physiographic regions of Peru* Puna , the king of Hiti-marama or of Vavau in the Tuamotu legend of Rata...
 region of Argentina. It is considered by many authors that the cones in the field are only a few thousand years old, thus putting them firmly into the Holocene
Holocene

The Holocene is a geological Epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago . According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present....
 period. The field lies between the Salar de Antofalla volcanic field and the Cerro Galan caldera
Caldera

A caldera is a cauldron-like volcano feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption such as the one at Yellowstone National Park....
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Antofagasta de la Sierra is a volcanic field
Volcanic field

A volcanic field is a spot of the earth's Crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. They usually contain 10 to 100 volcanoes, such as cinder cones and are usually in clusters....
 in Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. The main type of volcanic edifice in the area are scoria cones
Cinder cone

According to the , Cinder Cone is the proper name of 1 cinder cone in Canada and 7 cinder cones in the United States:In Canada: Cinder Cone ...
. The area contains the youngest vents in the whole of the Puna
Puna

Puna may refer to:* Puna , one of the eight physiographic regions of Peru* Puna , the king of Hiti-marama or of Vavau in the Tuamotu legend of Rata...
 region of Argentina. It is considered by many authors that the cones in the field are only a few thousand years old, thus putting them firmly into the Holocene
Holocene

The Holocene is a geological Epoch which began approximately 11,700 years ago . According to traditional geological thinking, the Holocene continues to the present....
 period. The field lies between the Salar de Antofalla volcanic field and the Cerro Galan caldera
Caldera

A caldera is a cauldron-like volcano feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption such as the one at Yellowstone National Park....
. The caldera lies west of Antofagasta de la Sierra and the other volcanic field to the east. The other prominent volcanic feature of the region, the peak Beltran, lies to the south-west of the field.

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