GVP volcano 357110 · no holder yet
Llaima
Llaima is a 3,125 m stratovolcano in Chile, erupting as recently as 2009.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,125 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2009
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 6880 BCE
- Eruptions
- 56 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 38.69°S 71.73°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357110
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).