GVP volcano 357020 · no holder yet
San Jose
San Jose is a 6,070 m stratovolcano on the Chile–Argentina border, last erupted in 1960.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 6,070 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1960
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1960
- Eruptions
- 7 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 33.79°S 69.89°W · Chile-Argentina
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).