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Quinchilca volcano

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Stratovolcano(es) 1632 m / 5354 ft
Central Chile, -39.68°S / -72.01°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

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Background

The Quinchilca complex south of Villarica volcano is a Pleistocene stratovolcano with a caldera and post-caldera lava domes. A K-Ar date of 0.8 +/- 0.6 million years was obtained by Lara et al. (2001).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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