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Lanín

Lanin

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
3776m
Last eruption
560
Lanín
Photo: Rodrigo Yuraszeck · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Chile · Argentina
Region
South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3776m
Coordinates
-39.637, -71.502
Last eruption
560
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Trachyandesite / Basaltic trachyandesite

Geological summary

Lanín is a large conical late-Pleistocene to Holocene stratovolcano along the Chile-Argentina border.

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From Wikipedia

Lanín is an ice-clad, cone-shaped stratovolcano on the border of Argentina and Chile. It forms part of two national parks: Lanín in Argentina and Villarrica in Chile. As a part of the flag and anthem of the Argentine province of Neuquén, it serves as a symbol for the region. Although the date of its last eruption is not known, it is estimated to have occurred within the last 10,000 years. Following the 1906 Valparaíso earthquake a local newspaper reported the volcano to have erupted, but a work published in 1917 by Karl Sapper disputed this.

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Eruption history

8 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
8
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
9240 BCE (±500 yrs) – 560
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 0 (90)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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9240 BCE~8913 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?6627 BCE~6300 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?747 BCE~420 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?420 BCE~93 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?93 BCE~233 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 0233~560 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?9240 BCE6953 BCE4340 BCE2053 BCE233

Detailed timeline

  1. 560 (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    560 – end unknown
  2. 400 (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    400 – end unknown
  3. 90 (±300 yrs)VEI 0Geological estimate
    90 – end unknown
  4. 80 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    80 BCE – end unknown
  5. 220 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    220 BCE – end unknown
    Mamuil Malal dome
  6. 590 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    590 BCE – end unknown
  7. 6340 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    6340 BCE – end unknown
  8. 9240 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    9240 BCE – end unknown

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