Get our newsletter!     Volcano Discoveries: "One of the most eye-catching guides to the world’s volcanoes ever published.  VolcanoAdventures: Our professional team of volcanologists and photographers offers unique travel opportunities: volcano expeditions, photo tours, and relaxed walking & study tours.  The Volcano Adventure Guide: Excellent information and background for anyone wishing to visit active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. The book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world. Guaranteed tours: : spaces available / : guaranteed / : few spaces left / : booked out Random pictures | | Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano in Central Chile is a complex of 2 volcanoes: Puyehue volcano and the fissure system of Cordón Caulle. Puyehue volcano has a 2.4 km wide summit caldera, but historical eruptions occurred at the Cordón Caulle rift zone.
The Cordón Caulle geothermal area occupies a 6 x 13 km wide depression and is the largest active geothermal area in the southern Andes.
Neighboring Calbuco and Puyehue volcanoes lie on the same traverse fault and is has been noted that they tend at the same time or within only few years distance.
stratovolcano 2236 m / 7,336 ft
Central Chile and Argentina, South America, -40.59°S / -72.12°W Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) Puyehue-Cordón Caulle webcams / live data | ReportsPuyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano booksPuyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano eruptions:
2011 (4 June)- 2012, 1960, 1934, 1929, 1921-22, 1905(?), 1893(?) Typical eruption style:explosive Last earthquakes nearbyLatest satellite images  Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 News & activity updates from Puyehue volcano, ChilePuyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano (Chile): possible emission of ashFriday Jan 17, 2014 08:24 AM | BY: T  Satellite image showing the plume from Puyehue yesterday (thanks to Sergio Abarca Delgad @sergio_raptor / Twitter)
A small emission of gas and some ash was reported by Buenos Aires VAAC. In fact, a diluted plume of gas, steam, and possibly some volcanic ash is visible on satellite images from yesterday and this morning. However, the ash if present might have been picked up by winds. It is unclear whether the volcano has actually erupted and new ash. SERNAGEOMIN has not reported any unusual activity and keeps the volcano's status at green (normal). ---
Links / Sources: Previous newsSunday, Dec 15, 2013 A significant ash(?) plume was spotted on Terra's satellite images yesterday afternoon. Since there are no other reports suggesting that a (larger in this case) eruption has occurred (e.g. heat signals, eyewitness reports, webcam), it seems likely that the plume was from wind-mobilized ash from the 2011-12 eruption. ...
[more]Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 We reported a new eruption yesterday from Caulle volcano, but it soon turned out that the observed ash plume originated from very vigorous remobilization of ash deposits on the volcano. ...
[more]Friday, Sep 14, 2012 ONEMI has decreased the alert level of the volcano for the nearby villages (Futrono, Lago Ranco,Río Bueno, Puyehue) to the lowest level "alerta Temprana". Seismic activity has decreased and there is no mor tremor recorded. SERNAGEOMIN has also reduced the activity level back to green.
[more]Thursday, Apr 19, 2012 Almost daily small plumes were observed during the past week rising less than 1 km. Incandescence at crater was observed from 10-11 April.
[more]Thursday, Apr 12, 2012 Ash plumes during the past week rose no higher than 450 m above the crater. Incandescence from the crater was also observed.
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