GVP volcano 358052 · no holder yet
Melimoyu
Melimoyu is a 2,400 m stratovolcano in Chile, last erupted in 200 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,400 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 200 CE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 44.08°S 72.88°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 358052
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).