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.
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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 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 410 (±50 yrs) – 1560
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1560 (±110 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1560 – end unknownSW flank (Bahía Pérez)
- 410 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate410 – end unknown
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