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Descabezado Grande
Descabezado Grande is a 3,953 m stratovolcano in Chile, last erupted in 1933.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,953 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1933
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1932
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 35.58°S 70.75°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).