Skip to main content
Back to map
CompareShow on map

Colombia · Ecuador · Stratovolcano

Chiles-Cerro Negro

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
4698m
Last eruption
1936
Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (Ieft) and snow-capped Volcán Chiles (right), seen here from the south, are twin volcanoes that straddle the Colombia-Ecuador border. Chiles volcano is of Pleistocene age, but has hot springs and an active hydrothermal system on its eastern flank. Cerro Negro de Mayasquer is a stratovolcano with a caldera open to the west. Andesitic and dacitic lava flows are of possible Holocene age. Solfataras are found on the shore of a small crater lake.
Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (Ieft) and snow-capped Volcán Chiles (right), seen here from the south, are twin volcanoes that straddle the Colombia-Ecuador border. Chiles volcano is of Pleistocene age, but has hot springs and an active hydrothermal system on its eastern flank. Cerro Negro de Mayasquer is a stratovolcano with a caldera open to the west. Andesitic and dacitic lava flows are of possible Holocene age. Solfataras are found on the shore of a small crater lake. · Photo: Photo by Minard Hall, 1985 (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito)
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Colombia · Ecuador
Region
South America / Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
4698m
Coordinates
0.817, -77.938
Last eruption
1936
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Dacite

Geological summary

The Chiles-Cerro Negro volcanic complex includes both the Pleistocene Chiles and the Cerro Negro de Mayasquer stratovolcanoes astride the Colombia-Ecuador border.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
1
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1936 – 1936
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1936)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
1
Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions · Use arrow keys to move between bars, Enter to open
1936~1936 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 219361936193719371937

Detailed timeline

  1. 1936VEI 2Observed
    1936-07-17 – end unknown
    Volcano Uncertain: possibly Reventador

Nearby volcanoes

External links

⚠ For reference only. Not for emergency response.