GVP volcano 352002 · no holder yet
Chachimbiro
Chachimbiro is a 4,106 m stratovolcano in Ecuador, last erupted around 3740 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,106 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 3740 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 3740 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.47°N 78.29°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352002
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).