Cerro Toro

Cretaceous landform in the Magallanes Region, Chile

Cerro Toro

Location of Cerro Toro in Chile

Highest pointElevation320 m (1,050 ft)Coordinates52°14′27″S 74°37′57″W / 52.24083°S 74.63250°W / -52.24083; -74.63250GeographyCountry

ChileStateMagallanes y la Antártica ChilenaParent rangeAndesGeologyOrogenyAndean

Cerro Toro is a Cretaceous landform of the Magallanes Foreland in the Patagonian region of southeastern Chile.^[1]^[2] The Cerro Toro is an element of the southern Andes and a product of the Andean orogeny, caused by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate. The formation of the Cerro Toro began in the Jurassic. The Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument is situated on the southern flank of Cerro Benítez, a lower hill associated with the formation of Cerro Toro.^[3]

References

^ Ramos & Keppie, 1999
^ Hubbard et al., 2008
^ Hogan, 2008

Bibliography

C. Michael Hogan (2008) Cueva del Milodon, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
Stephen M. Hubbard, Brian W. Romans and Stephan A. Graham (2008) Deep-water foreland basin deposits of the Cerro Toro Formation, Magallanes basin, Chile: architectural elements of a sinuous basin axial channel belt, Sedimentology, Mar. 2008
V.A. Ramos and J. Duncan Keppie (1999) Laurentia-Gondwana Connections Before Pangea, Geological Society of America ISBN 0-8137-2336-1

Cretaceous	Baños del Flaco Fm. Cerro Colorado Fm. Chacarilla Fm. Chañarcillo Gp. Coihaique Gp. Divisadero Gp. Dorotea Fm. Hornitos Fm. La Liga Fm. Ñirehuao Fm. Punta del Cobre Fm. Purilactis Gp. Quiriquina Fm. Viñita Fm. Way Gp. Zapata Fm.
Jurassic	Chacarilla Fm. Coihaique Gp. Ibáñez Fm. La Liga Fm. La Negra Fm. Nacientes del Biobío Fm. Nacientes del Teno Fm. Pan de Azúcar Fm. Tobífera Fm.
Triassic	Canto del Agua Fm. Choiyoi Gp. Panguipulli Fm. Santa Juana Fm. Tralcán Fm.