GVP volcano 351060 · no holder yet
Purace
Purace is a 4,650 m stratovolcano in Colombia, erupting as recently as 2026.
Ongoing in the Smithsonian's record since November 2025, as of March 2026.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 4,650 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2026
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1885
- Eruptions
- 29 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 2.31°N 76.39°W · Colombia
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 351060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).