Chile · Stratovolcano
Melimoyu
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2400m
- Last eruption
- 200
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- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2400m
- Coordinates
- -44.080, -72.880
- Last eruption
- 200
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Melimoyu is a stratovolcano with an 8-km-wide, largely buried caldera located ~40 km NW of the town of Puyuhuapi. The ice-filled caldera is drained by a glacier through a notch in the NE caldera rim. The basaltic andesite volcano is elongated 10 km in an E-W direction and has several cinder cones. A 1-km-wide crater is located at its summit, and two late-Holocene tephra layers have been documented.
From Wikipedia
Melimoyu is a stratovolcano in Chile. It is an elongated volcanic complex that contains two nested calderas of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) width. An ice cap has developed on the volcano with a couple of outlet glaciers. Melimoyu has not erupted in recent times, but during the Holocene two large eruptions took place and ejected ash at large distances from the volcano.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryDetailed timeline
- 200 (±75 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate200 – end unknown
- 820 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate820 BCE – end unknown
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