Cerro Columa | |
Elevation M: | 3876 |
Listing: | List of volcanoes in Bolivia |
Location: | Bolivia |
Range: | Andes |
Map: | Bolivia |
Map Size: | 250 |
Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | -18.5833°N -73°W |
Type: | Maar |
Last Eruption: | unknown |
Cerro Columa, or Cerro Colluma, is a crater in Bolivia. In 1964 it was considered to be a crater formed by volcanism. Its rims reach an altitude of and in the crater lies a playa lake. The crater has dimensions of 6-. The crater was most likely formed by the collapse of a sediment dome, an origin as a meteorite crater is less likely.
The crater lies on a poorly vegetated desert plain that slopes to Salar de Coipasa. The surrounding plain has an altitude of and was covered by Lake Minchin during the Pleistocene.