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Resago

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Country:Chile
Subregion Name:Central Chile
Volcano Number:1507-065
Volcano Type: Cinder cone
Volcano Status:Holocene
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 1890 m 6,201 feet
Latitude: 36.45°S 36°27'0"S
Longitude: 70.92°W 70°55'0"W

Volcán Resago, in Linares province, is a cinder cone with a double crater. It produced a basaltic-andesite lava flow that traveled about 3 km to the WNW into Laguna Dial. The youthful cone may have been formed during an undocumented eruption during historical time (González-Ferrán, 1995).

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