GVP volcano 357021 · no holder yet
Maipo
Maipo is a 5,323 m caldera on the Chile–Argentina border, last erupted in 1912.
- Type
- Caldera (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,323 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1912
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1912
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 34.16°S 69.83°W · Chile-Argentina
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357021
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).