GVP volcano 358020 · no holder yet
Calbuco
Calbuco is a 1,974 m stratovolcano in Chile, erupting as recently as 2015.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,974 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2015
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 6760 BCE
- Eruptions
- 36 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 41.33°S 72.62°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 358020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).