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Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile. The upper reaches of Ojos del Salado consist of several overlapping lava domes, lava flows and volcanic craters, with sparse ice cover.
The country's National Geology and Mining Service lists 90 active volcanoes. [2] The volcanoes of the Andes originate from the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate, while the volcanoes of Chile's Pacific islands formed from magma coming from three distinct hotspots, Easter, Juan Fernández and San Felix hotspots. The ...
The Llaima Volcano is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Chile. It is situated 82 km East of Temuco and 663 km South of Santiago , within the borders of Conguillío National Park . Geography
Mountain Metres Feet Location and Notes Ojos del Salado: 6,893: 22,615: Argentina/Chile – highest dormant volcano on Earth: Monte Pissis: 6,793: 22,287: Argentina Nevado Tres Cruces
Chusmiza complex (also known as Cerros de Sotoca) [1] is a Miocene volcano in Chile. It is the largest stratovolcano of the Miocene epoch in the western Andean escarpment, with a volume of 400 cubic kilometres (96 cu mi).
SERNAGEOMIN runs a national Volcano Hazards Program, along with the Observatorio Volcanológico de Los Andes del Sur . The territories of Chile have 92 volcanoes that are considered potentially active, [2] 60 of which have had recorded eruptions in the last 450 years. The volcanoes with most recorded eruptions are: Llaima (8) Villarrica (6)
Falso Azufre is a complex volcano at the border of Argentina and Chile.. Falso Azufre is elongated in east–west direction and contains craters and lava domes; [1] most craters have diameters of 300–600 metres (980–1,970 ft) with the exception of the main crater, which is 1 by 1.3 kilometres (0.62 mi × 0.81 mi) wide. [2]
The 2011–2012 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption was a volcanic eruption that began in the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex in Chile on 4 June 2011. The eruption, which occurred from the Cordón Caulle fissure after 51 years of the volcano being inactive, is one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the 21st century thus far. [2]