GVP volcano 355012 · no holder yet
Parinacota
Parinacota is a 6,336 m stratovolcano on the Chile–Bolivia border, last erupted in 290 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 6,336 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 290 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 290 CE
- Eruptions
- 6 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 18.17°S 69.14°W · Chile-Bolivia
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 355012
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).