Cerro Araral


Cerro Araral is a mountain located in the Andes on the border between Chile and Bolivia in the Potosí Department and in the Antofagasta Region. It has a height of 5647 metres, rising over a base of 3900 metres and covers an area of. The edifice has a volume of, down from due to erosion. Based on the erosion rate, the volcano is 1.9 million years old. The modern snowline on the mountain lies at more than altitude. The volcanism is at first andesitic and later becomes intermediary between andesite and basalt.