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Huaynaputina

Tipo: Stratovulcano
Altitudine: 4679 m
Ultima eruzione: 1600

Huaynaputina is a relatively inconspicuous volcano that was the source of one of the largest historical eruptions of the central Andes in 1600 CE. The volcano has no prominent topographic expression. This view is from the east into a 2.5-km-wide complex caldera that is breached widely to the east. Three ash cones, one of which can be seen in the shadow at the right-center, are located on the floor of the caldera. Light-colored ash deposits from the 1600 eruption can be seen mantling the caldera rim. — Huaynaputina is a relatively inconspicuous volcano that was the source of one of the largest historical eruptions of the central Andes in 1600 CE. The volcano has no prominent topographic expression. This view is from the east into a 2.5-km-wide complex caldera that is breached widely to the east. Three ash cones, one of which can be seen in the shadow at the right-center, are located on the floor of the caldera. Light-colored ash deposits from the 1600 eruption can be seen mantling the caldera rim. · Foto: Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile).

Tipo: Stratovulcano
Paese: Perù
Regione: Sud America / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Altitudine: 4679 m
Coordinate: -16.614, -70.854
Ultima eruzione: 1600
Contesto tettonico: Zona di subduzione / Crosta continentale (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica: Composito
Roccia principale: Dacite

Sintesi geologica

Originale in inglese

Huaynaputina (whose name means "new volcano") was the source of the largest historical eruption of South America in 1600 CE.

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Riassunto in inglese

Huaynaputina is a volcano in a volcanic high plateau in southern Peru.

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Storia delle eruzioni

2 registrateGlossario

Sintesi del registro

Eruzioni confermate: 2
Eruzioni incerte: 0
Arco del registro confermato: 7750 a.C. (±200 anni) – 1600
Eruzione confermata più grande: VEI 6 (1600)
Eruzioni confermate dal 1900: 0

Riepilogo (VEI nel tempo)

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Cronologia dettagliata

1600VEI 6Osservata
1600-02-17 – 1600-03-06
Summit and south flank
7750 a.C. (±200 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
7750 a.C. – fine sconosciuta

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