Reclus (volcano)
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Reclus is a volcano located in Southern Patagonia Ice Field, Chile
. It has a crater with a diameter around 1 km and is being shaped by glacial erosion caused by Amalia Glacier
. The volcano had been mistaken for Cerro Mano del Diablo (Devil's Hand Mountain) until 1987, when it was determined its true location.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. It has a crater with a diameter around 1 km and is being shaped by glacial erosion caused by Amalia Glacier
Amalia Glacier
Amalia Glacier, also known as Skua Glacier, is a tidewater glacier located in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park. It originates in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and from 1945 to 1986 its terminus retreated , being, along with the receded of O'Higgins Glacier, the most drastic retreat of the...
. The volcano had been mistaken for Cerro Mano del Diablo (Devil's Hand Mountain) until 1987, when it was determined its true location.