GVP volcano 355210 · no holder yet
Cerro Blanco
Cerro Blanco is a 4,670 m caldera in Argentina, last erupted around 2300 BCE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 4,670 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2300 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 7, super-colossal, 2300 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 26.77°S 67.75°W · Argentina
- Region
- Central Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 355210
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).