GVP volcano 352060 · no holder yet
Quilotoa
Quilotoa is a 3,914 m caldera in Ecuador, last erupted in 1280.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 3,914 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1280
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 1280
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.86°S 78.90°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).