Antofalla

mountain, South America

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Central Andes

  • Southern and Central Andes and Patagonia
    In Andes Mountains: Physiography of the Central Andes

    Llullaillaco, Galán, and Antofalla all exceed 19,000 feet. The two main ranges and several volcanic secondary chains enclose depressions called salars because of the deposits of salts they contain; in northwestern Argentina, the Sierra de Calalaste encompasses the large Antofalla Salt Flat. Volcanoes of this zone occur mostly…

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