GVP volcano 358056 · no holder yet
Maca
Maca is a 2,960 m stratovolcano in Chile, last erupted in 1560.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,960 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1560
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 45.10°S 73.17°W · Chile
- Region
- Southern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 358056
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).