GVP volcano 354040 · no holder yet
Tutupaca
Tutupaca is a 5,801 m stratovolcano in Peru, last erupted in 1802.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,801 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1802
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1802
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 17.03°S 70.37°W · Peru
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 354040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).