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Tupungatito
Tupungatito is a 5,660 m stratovolcano on the Chile–Argentina border, last erupted in 1987.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,660 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1987
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1987
- Eruptions
- 18 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 33.42°S 69.80°W · Chile-Argentina
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).