GVP volcano 358023 · no holder yet
Hornopiren
Hornopiren is a 1,572 m stratovolcano in Chile, last erupted in 340 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,572 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 340 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 3720 BCE
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 41.87°S 72.43°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 358023
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).