GVP volcano 352021 · no holder yet
Atacazo
Atacazo is a 4,463 m stratovolcano in Ecuador, last erupted around 320 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,463 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 320 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 320 BCE
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.35°S 78.62°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352021
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).