GVP volcano 357093 · no holder yet
Tolhuaca
Tolhuaca is a 2,739 m stratovolcano in Chile, last erupted around 4000 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,739 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 4000 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 4885 BCE
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 38.31°S 71.64°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357093
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).