GVP volcano 357122 · no holder yet
Lanin
Lanin is a 3,776 m stratovolcano on the Chile–Argentina border, last erupted in 560 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,776 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 560 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 90 CE
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 39.64°S 71.50°W · Chile-Argentina
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 357122
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).