Chile · Stratovolcano
Tinguiririca Volcano
Tinguiririca
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 4280m
- Last eruption
- 1917
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 4280m
- Coordinates
- -34.814, -70.352
- Last eruption
- 1917
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Tinguiririca is composed of at least seven Holocene scoria cones W of the Chile-Argentina border constructed along a NNE-SSW fissure over an eroded Pleistocene stratovolcano.
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From Wikipedia
Tinguiririca Volcano is a massive and active stratovolcano located in Chile's VI Region (O'Higgins) near the Argentinian border. Constant fumarolic activity occurs within and on the NW wall of its summit crater and hot springs and fumaroles can also be seen on the western flanks, as illustrated by the image on the right. It was near this volcano that the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in 1972, and those passengers who had survived the crash were lost for 72 days.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 1917 – 1917
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 1 (1917)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 1994VEI 2Method not stated1994-01-15 – 1994-01-15
- 1917VEI 1Observed1917-07-02 – end unknown
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