GVP volcano 358041 · no holder yet
Chaiten
Chaiten is a 1,122 m caldera in Chile, erupting as recently as 2011.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 1,122 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2011
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 3100 BCE
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 42.84°S 72.65°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 358041
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).