GVP volcano 354010 · no holder yet
El Misti
El Misti is a 5,793 m stratovolcano in Peru, last erupted in 1985.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,793 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1985
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 80 BCE
- Eruptions
- 15 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 16.30°S 71.41°W · Peru
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 354010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).