GVP volcano 354050 · no holder yet
Yucamane
Yucamane is a 5,495 m stratovolcano in Peru, last erupted around 1320 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,495 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1320 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1320 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 17.18°S 70.20°W · Peru
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 354050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).