
The Andes Mountains, part of the Southern Cordillera formed from subduction zone volcanism at the convergent boundary of the Nazca plate and the South American plate. This image is from NASA EarthKAM.
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PIA11017
Date Created
September 4, 2008
Center
JPL
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