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The last explosive eruption of the volcano, based on historical records, occurred in 1877. This detailed astronaut photograph of Llullaillaco illustrates an interesting volcanic feature known as a coulée (image top right). Coulées are formed from highly viscous, thick lavas that flow onto a steep surface.
Image of the rhyolitic lava dome of Chaitén Volcano during its 2008–2010 eruption.. Chaitén is a volcanic caldera 3 kilometres (2 mi) in diameter, 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of the elongated ice-capped Michinmahuida volcano and 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of the town of Chaitén, near the Gulf of Corcovado in southern Chile.
Copahue (Spanish pronunciation:) is a stratovolcano in the Andes on the border of Bío Bío Region, Chile and Neuquén Province, Argentina.There are nine volcanic craters along a 2 km (1.2 mi) line, the easternmost of which is historically the most active, and contains a 300 m (1000 ft) wide crater lake with a pH ranging between 0.18 and 0.30. [2]
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Monte Burney is on the northwest Muñoz Gomera Peninsula. [4] This area lies in the Patagonian region of Chile, [1] which is known for its spectacular fjords. [4] The volcano lies in the commune of Natales [2] 200 kilometres (120 mi) northwest of Punta Arenas, [1] and approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Puerto Natales. [5]
A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...
A women’s prison near Naples was evacuated as a precaution Tuesday following a 4.4 magnitude quake with an epicenter at an active volcano west of the southern Italian port city that forced ...
An 1874–76 eruption caused various lava flows, landslides, lahars, and the fall of volcanic ash. After this eruption the volcano became known as Llaima or Yaima. [6] Prior to that it had been known as Chañel a Mapuche word in reference to the pointy shape of its summit before the eruption. [6] The last major eruption occurred in 1994. [7]