GVP volcano 357061 · no holder yet
Laguna del Maule
Laguna del Maule is a 2,162 m caldera in Chile, last erupted around 50 BCE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 2,162 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 50 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 50 BCE
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 36.06°S 70.49°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357061
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).