Corazon volcano

Updated: Aug 8, 2022 22:34 GMT - Refresh

Stratovolcano 4786 m / 15702 ft
Ecuador, -0.53°S / -78.66°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Corazon volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

Corazón is an early to mid Pleistocene stratovolcano with a summit caldera (Hall 1977). Late Pleistocene lavas are also present.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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The Caldera del Corazoncillo volcano in the area of Timafaya tourist park. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

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