Chile · Stratovolcano
Mocho-Choshuenco
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2422m
- Last eruption
- 1937
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2422m
- Coordinates
- -39.927, -72.027
- Last eruption
- 1937
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The compound Mocho-Choshuenco volcano is composed of two glacier-covered stratovolcanoes, located east of Lago Rinihué and SE of Lago Panguipulli and post-dating a 4-km-wide basaltic caldera.
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From Wikipedia
Mocho-Choshuenco is a glacier covered compound stratovolcano in the Andes of Los Ríos Region, Chile. It is made of the twin volcanoes Choshuenco in the northwest and the Mocho in the southeast. The highest parts of the volcano are part of the Mocho-Choshuenco National Reserve while the eastern slopes are partly inside the Huilo-Huilo Natural Reserve.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1864 – 1937
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1864)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 1937VEI ?Observed1937-06-16 – end unknownEl Mocho
- 1864VEI 2Observed1864-11-01 – 1864-11-03SW flank of El Mocho (Chaiquemahuida)
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