Chile · Stratovolcano
Cerro Macá
Maca
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2960m
- Last eruption
- 1560
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- South America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2960m
- Coordinates
- -45.100, -73.170
- Last eruption
- 1560
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The glacier-covered, basaltic-to-dacitic Volcán Macá stratovolcano lies within a caldera and contains a summit lava dome. Five flank cinder cones and lava domes lie along a NE-trending fissure that extends 15 km from the summit SW to Bahía Pérez. The volcano lies along the regional Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone, and a lava flow from a cinder cone at Bahía Pérez erupted as recently as between 1450 and 1670 CE.
From Wikipedia
Cerro Macá is a stratovolcano located to the north of the Aisén Fjord and to the east of the Moraleda Channel, in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of Chile. This glacier-covered volcano lies along the regional Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryDetailed timeline
- 1560 (±110 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1560 – end unknownSW flank (Bahía Pérez)
- 410 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate410 – end unknown
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