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Cayutue-La Vigueria

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
506m
Last eruption
-190
The major regional N-S-trending Liquiñe-Ofqui fault extends along the Estuario Reloncaví (lower right) through Ralún Bay (center) to Lake Cayutúe (just left of the top of the image). About 20 basaltic cinder cones, maars, and lava flows of the Cayutué-La Viguería volcanic field lie along this lineament. La Viguería and Volcán Cayutué are the principal cones. The former temporarily dammed the Río Petrohué, the meandering stream at the left.
The major regional N-S-trending Liquiñe-Ofqui fault extends along the Estuario Reloncaví (lower right) through Ralún Bay (center) to Lake Cayutúe (just left of the top of the image). About 20 basaltic cinder cones, maars, and lava flows of the Cayutué-La Viguería volcanic field lie along this lineament. La Viguería and Volcán Cayutué are the principal cones. The former temporarily dammed the Río Petrohué, the meandering stream at the left. · Photo: NASA International Space Station image ISS006-E-42993, 2003 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Chile
Region
South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
506m
Coordinates
-41.300, -72.270
Last eruption
-190
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The Cayutué-La Viguería volcanic field consists of about 20 basaltic maars and cinder cones of Holocene age along the N-S-trending Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone.

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

Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
1
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
190 BCE (±190 yrs) – 190 BCE
Largest confirmed eruption
No VEI recorded
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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190 BCE~190 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?190 BCE190 BCE189 BCE189 BCE189 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 190 BCE (±190 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    190 BCE – end unknown
    La Viguería

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