Chile · Pyroclastic cone
Reclus
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Elevation
- 1403m
- Last eruption
- 1908
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- South America / Austral Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1403m
- Coordinates
- -50.940, -73.580
- Last eruption
- 1908
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Dacite
Geological summary
Reclus, the source of several Patagonian Holocene tephra layers, was recognized to be an independent volcanic edifice in 1987. The volcano consists of a large dacitic pyroclastic cone with a crater about 1 km in diameter. As many as six tephra layers overlie a peat layer dated at 3,780 years before present. Research has also revealed evidence for eruptions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
From Wikipedia
Reclus, also written as Reclús, is a cinder cone and stratovolcano located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile. Part of the Austral Volcanic Zone of the Andes, its summit rises 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above sea level and is capped by a crater about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide. Close to the volcano lies the Amalia Glacier, which is actively eroding Reclus.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryDetailed timeline
- 1908 (±1 yrs)VEI 1Observed1908-07-02 – end unknown
- 1879VEI 2Observed1879-07-02 – end unknown
- 1869VEI 2Observed1869-07-02 – end unknown
- 1830 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate1830 BCE – end unknown
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