The
Chilean Coast Range (
Spanish Cordillera de la Costa) is a mountain range that runs southward parallel with the
Andean Mountains, from the
morro de Arica to the
Taitao Peninsula where it ends together with the
Nazca Plate. It is often considered an older range in the Andes orogeny. The highest peak of the range is the
Sierra Vicuña Mackenna reaching up to 3000 m. Even if its origin is unknown, it is well accepted between geologists that it is older than than the Andes as such forms the first section of the Andean Orogony. The Chilean Coast Range does not show any sign of volcanic activity.
The range can be divided in several minor ranges. Some of these ranges are
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