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Palomo

"Palomo is a small, 4850-m-high stratovolcano that is somewhat dissected by glaciers. A NE-flank cone, Andres, is postglacial in age and has produced andesitic lava flows. Palomo lies west of the massive Caldera del Atuel and was constructed within double calderas 3 and 5 km in diameter. The largely ice-covered Palomo has erupted basaltic-andesite to dacitic lava flows; a double crater indicates migration of activity to the NE. The youthful morphology of Palomo suggests a very recent, perhaps prehispanic, age." -Smithsonian Volcano Archive

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