GVP volcano 352003 · no holder yet
Cuicocha
Cuicocha is a 3,246 m caldera in Ecuador, last erupted in 650 CE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 3,246 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 650 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1150 BCE
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.31°N 78.36°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352003
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).