Chile · Stratovolcano
Mentolat
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1603m
- Last eruption
- 1710
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1603m
- Coordinates
- -44.693, -73.077
- Last eruption
- 1710
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Volcán Mentolat is an ice-filled 6-km-wide caldera in the central part of Magdalena Island across the Puyuhuapi strait from Puerto Cisnes.
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From Wikipedia
Mentolat is an ice-filled, 6 km (4 mi) wide caldera in the central portion of Magdalena Island, Aisén Province, Chilean Patagonia. This caldera sits on top of a stratovolcano which has generated lava flows and pyroclastic flows. The caldera is filled with a glacier.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 5010 BCE (±60 yrs) – 1710
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1710 (±5 yrs)VEI ?Observed1710 – end unknown
- 5010 BCE (±60 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate5010 BCE – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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