Cerro Galan volcano

Caldera 6000 m / 19685 ft
Argentina, -25.93°S / -66.92°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Cerro Galan volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

Caldera-forming eruption took place about 2.6 million years ago, latest ring fracture eruptions may have taken place in last few tens of thousands of years (Francis 1982).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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