GVP volcano 355130 · no holder yet
Nevados Ojos del Salado
Nevados Ojos del Salado is a 6,879 m stratovolcano on the Chile–Argentina border, last erupted in 750 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 6,879 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 750 CE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 27.11°S 68.54°W · Chile-Argentina
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 355130
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).