GVP volcano 346010 · no holder yet
Baru
Baru is a 3,474 m stratovolcano in Panama, last erupted in 1550.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,474 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1550
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 8.81°N 82.54°W · Panama
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 346010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).