GVP volcano 358010 · no holder yet
Osorno
Osorno is a 2,659 m stratovolcano in Chile, last erupted in 1869.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,659 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1869
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 420 CE
- Eruptions
- 17 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 41.10°S 72.50°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 358010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).