GVP volcano 355011 · no holder yet
Taapaca
Taapaca is a 5,860 m volcanic complex in Chile, last erupted around 320 BCE.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,860 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 320 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 18.10°S 69.50°W · Chile
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 355011
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).