GVP volcano 355040 · no holder yet
Irruputuncu
Irruputuncu is a 5,163 m stratovolcano on the Chile–Bolivia border, last erupted in 1995.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,163 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1995
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1995
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 20.73°S 68.55°W · Chile-Bolivia
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 355040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).