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Planchón-Peteroa

Planchon-Peteroa

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
3977m
Last eruption
2025
Planchón-Peteroa
Photo: Cristian Ordenes · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Chile
Region
South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3977m
Coordinates
-35.223, -70.568
Last eruption
2025
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Planchón-Peteroa is an elongated complex volcano along the Chile-Argentina border with several overlapping calderas.

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

From Wikipedia

Planchón-Peteroa is a complex volcano extending in a north–south direction along the border between Argentina and Chile. It consists of volcanoes of various ages with several overlapping calderas. Those include Volcán Planchón, Volcán Peteroa and Volcán Azufre.

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Eruption history

25 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
21
Uncertain eruptions
4
Span of confirmed record
5080 BCE (±75 yrs) – 2025
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1762)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
11
Summary (VEI over time)
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5080 BCE~4843 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 3841~1078 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31551~1788 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 41788~2025 · 20 eruptions · max VEI 25080 BCE3422 BCE1527 BCE1301788

Detailed timeline

  1. 2025VEI 2Observed
    2025-10-25 – 2025-12-04
  2. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-11-07 – 2019-05-07
    Peteroa Crater
  3. 2011VEI 2Observed
    2011-02-17 – 2011-06-26
    Peteroa
  4. 2010VEI 2Observed
    2010-09-06 – 2010-10-13
    Peteroa
  5. 1998VEI 1Observed
    1998-11-18 – 1998-11-21
  6. 1991VEI 2Observed
    1991-02-09 – 1991-03-02
    Peteroa
  7. 1967VEI 1Method not stated
    1967-02-16 – end unknown
    Peteroa (1889-94 crater)
  8. 1962VEI 1Observed
    1962-01-16 – end unknown
    Peteroa
  9. 1960VEI 1Observed
    1960-07-10 – end unknown
    Petoroa (1889-94 crater)
  10. 1959VEI 1Observed
    1959-11-06 – end unknown
    Petoroa (1889-94 crater)
  11. 1938VEI 2Observed
    1938-09-16 – 1938-10-16
    Peteroa
  12. 1937VEI 2Observed
    1937-04-16 – 1937-05-05
    Petoroa (south of 1889-94 crater)
  13. 1889VEI 2Observed
    1889-09-16 – 1894-07-02
    Peteroa (SE of 1762 crater)
  14. 1878VEI 2Observed
    1878-07-02 – end unknown
    Peteroa
  15. 1872VEI ?Method not stated
    1872-07-02 – end unknown
  16. 1869VEI ?Method not stated
    1869-07-02 – end unknown
  17. 1860VEI 2Observed
    1860-07-02 – end unknown
    Peteroa
  18. 1842VEI ?Method not stated
    1842-07-02 – end unknown
  19. 1837VEI 2Observed
    1837-02-16 – end unknown
    Peteroa
  20. 1835VEI 2Observed
    1835-07-02 – end unknown
    Peteroa
  21. 1762VEI 4Observed
    1762-12-03 – end unknown
    Peteroa (2 km S of Planchón summit)
  22. 1751VEI 2Observed
    1751-11 – 1751-12
  23. 1660VEI 3Observed
    1660 – end unknown
    Peteroa
  24. 900 (±100 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    900 – end unknown
  25. 5080 BCE (±75 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate
    5080 BCE – end unknown

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