GVP volcano 354000 · no holder yet
Quimsachata-Oroscocha
Quimsachata-Oroscocha is a 3,848 m lava dome in Peru, last erupted around 4450 BCE.
- Type
- Lava dome (minor (silicic) landform)
- Summit
- 3,848 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 4450 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 14.13°S 71.36°W · Peru
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 354000
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).