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Monte Burney

Burney, Monte

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1758m
Last eruption
1910
Monte Burney
Photo: NASA Space Station image ISS006-E-41451, 2003 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/). · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Chile
Region
South America / Austral Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1758m
Coordinates
-52.330, -73.400
Last eruption
1910
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Monte Burney, a large ice-covered volcano in the Patagonian region of Chile, lies about 200 km NW of the town of Punta Arenas. It was constructed on the western rim of a 6-km-wide caldera, which is partially filled with and surrounded by an unglaciated pyroclastic-flow deposit. Flank vents produced andesitic-dacitic lava flows and pyroclastic material. Collapse of the edifice produced a major debris avalanche that traveled to the SSW. Two large Plinian eruptions have been documented during the Holocene. The only known historical eruption took place in 1910.

From Wikipedia

Monte Burney is a volcano in southern Chile, part of its Austral Volcanic Zone which consists of six volcanoes with activity during the Quaternary. This volcanism is linked to the subduction of the Antarctic Plate beneath the South America Plate and the Scotia Plate.

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Eruption history

7 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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7450 BCE~7138 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI 54018 BCE~3706 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?2458 BCE~2146 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 5898 BCE~586 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?274 BCE~38 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1598~1910 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 27450 BCE5266 BCE2770 BCE586 BCE1598

Detailed timeline

  1. 1910VEI 2Observed
    1910-03-16 – end unknown
  2. 90 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    90 BCE – end unknown
  3. 800 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    800 BCE – end unknown
  4. 2320 BCE (±100 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    2320 BCE – end unknown
  5. 3740 BCE (±10 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    3740 BCE – end unknown
  6. 7390 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    7390 BCE – end unknown
  7. 7450 BCE (±500 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    7450 BCE – end unknown

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