GVP volcano 352022 · no holder yet
Chacana
Chacana is a 4,643 m caldera in Ecuador, last erupted in 1773.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 4,643 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1773
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1773
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.38°S 78.25°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352022
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).