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Cerro Deslinde

Coordinates: 22°16′26″S 67°56′10″W / 22.27389°S 67.93611°W / -22.27389; -67.93611[1]
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22°16′26″S 67°56′10″W / 22.27389°S 67.93611°W / -22.27389; -67.93611[1] Cerro Deslinde is a 5,606 metres (18,392 ft) high volcano in Chile, just northeast of the El Tatio geothermal field.[2]

Deslinde was glaciated during the Pleistocene, with moraines occurring at elevations of 4,200 metres (13,800 ft).[2] South of Deslinde, a long glacier developed and spread westward.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Deslinde". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  2. ^ a b Messerli, Bruno; Grosjean, Martin; Graf, Kurt; Schotterer, Ueli; Schreier, Hans; Vuille, Mathias (1992). "Die Veränderungen von Klima und Umwelt in der Region Atacama (Nordchile) seit der Letzten Kaltzeit (Climate and Environmental Change in the Atacama Region (Northern Chile) since the Last Cold Maximum)" (PDF). Erdkunde. 46 (3/4): 257–272. doi:10.3112/erdkunde.1992.03.09. JSTOR 25646405.
  3. ^ Kull, Christoph; Grosjean, Martin (2000). "Late Pleistocene climate conditions in the north Chilean Andes drawn from a climate–glacier model". Journal of Glaciology. 46 (155): 622–632. Bibcode:2000JGlac..46..622K. doi:10.3189/172756500781832611. ISSN 0022-1430.
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