Cerro Toco

{{short description|Mountain in Chile}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Cerro Toco

| photo = Cerro Toco lies at the northern end of the purico complex chile ii region.jpg

| photo_caption = Cerro Toco lies at the NE end of the Purico complex. Camera location: 22° 55.411'S 7° 50.699'W Heading: 112° Alt.: {{Convert|4351|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| elevation_m = 5604

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| location = Chile

| range = Andes

| coordinates = {{coord|22|56.396|S|67|46.816|W|type:mountain_region:CL|display=inline,title}}

| type = Stratovolcano

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Cerro Toco is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Atacama Desert in Chile's II Region (Antofagasta), approximately {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the border between Bolivia and Chile and {{convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} SE of the Juriques and Licancabur volcanoes. It conforms the north eastern extreme of the Purico Complex, a pyroclastic shield made up by several stratovolcanoes, lava domes and a maar.

Cerro Toco is located in the Chajnantor Scientific Reserve, as is most of the Purico Complex. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the Huan Tran Telescope are located on the western side of the mountain at approximately {{Convert|5200|m|ft|abbr=on}}.