GVP volcano 354030 · no holder yet
Huaynaputina
Huaynaputina is a 4,679 m stratovolcano in Peru, last erupted in 1600.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,679 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1600
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 1600
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 16.61°S 70.85°W · Peru
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 354030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).