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Chile · Stratovolcano

Isluga

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
5550m
Last eruption
1913
Isluga
Photo: Bachelot Pierre J-P · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Chile
Region
South America / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
5550m
Coordinates
-19.150, -68.830
Last eruption
1913
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The broad Isluga volcano lies 7 km W of the Chile/Bolivia border at the W end of a group of volcanoes extending to Tata Sabaya volcano in Bolivia. A stratovolcano, it contains a well-preserved, 400-m-wide summit crater at the W end of the elongated, snow-covered summit region. Numerous postglacial lava flows, many showing distinct levees, are most prominent along a broad front on the lower S flank. Activity from the summit crater was reported in the 19th and 20th centuries. A lava flow in 1878 destroyed several towns.

From Wikipedia

Isluga is a dormant stratovolcano in Chile's Tarapacá Region, close to the border with Bolivia. It is part of the Volcán Isluga National Park and lies in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, one of several volcanic belts in the Andean Volcanic Belt. Isluga is an elongated mountain, whose summit reaches an altitude of 5,559 metres (18,238 ft) above sea level, and features a summit crater. It forms a chain of volcanoes with several of its neighbours in the east. Sulfur mining took place on Isluga in the past. Polylepis trees growing at 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) altitude form the highest timberline on Earth at Isluga.

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Eruption history

8 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1863~1873 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21873~1882 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21882~1892 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 11912~1921 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21950~1960 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 218631882191219311950

Detailed timeline

  1. 1960VEI 2Method not stated
    1960-07-02 – end unknown
  2. 1913VEI 2Observed
    1913-07-02 – end unknown
  3. 1885VEI 1Observed
    1885-07-02 – end unknown
  4. 1878VEI 2Observed
    1878-02-16 – end unknown
  5. 1877VEI 2Observed
    1877-07-02 – end unknown
  6. 1869VEI 2Observed
    1869-08-16 – end unknown
  7. 1868VEI 2Observed
    1868-07-02 – end unknown
  8. 1863VEI 1Observed
    1863-08-16 – end unknown

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