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San Pedro volcano

stratovolcano 6145 m / 20,161 ft
Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, South America, -21.88°S / -68.4°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: explosive and effusive
San Pedro volcano eruptions: 1960(?), 1938, 1923(?), 1917(?), 1916(?), 1911, 1901, 1891(?), 1877(?), 1870(?)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Sun, 19 Jan 2020
Sun, 19 Jan 09:34 UTCM 2.6 / 128.8 km28 km67 km al SO de Ollagüe (Chile)
Sat, 18 Jan 2020
Sat, 18 Jan 05:19 UTCM 2.8 / 131.6 km26 km54 km al SO de Ollagüe (Chile)
Thu, 16 Jan 2020
Thu, 16 Jan 03:00 UTCM 2.6 / 128.3 km25 km64 km al SO de Ollagüe (Chile)
Mon, 13 Jan 2020
Mon, 13 Jan 23:27 UTCM 3.5 / 109 km27 kmAntofagasta, Chile
Sun, 12 Jan 2020
Sun, 12 Jan 13:16 UTCM 3.7 / 123.6 km22 km75 km al NE de Calama (Chile)
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San Pedro volcano in the Atacama desert of northern Chile is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world.
San Pedro volcano is a twin volcano with 2 peaks, San Pedro (the western summit) and the older sister volcano San Pablo (6092 m) in the east.

A large debris avalanche, similar to the one at Mt St Helend in 1980, occurred at San Pedro in the past, and the present-day cone grew within the depression. The debris avalanche deposit is visible on the western lower slopes of San Pedro.
Thick dacitic lava flows with steep-sided fronts cover the upper slopes of San Pedro's cone which has a crater. There is a young-looking scoria cone on the western flank (La Poruña), which erupted an 8 km-long lava flow about 103,000 years ago.
Reports of varying degrees of reliability have recorded a number of eruptions in the past centuries.

Note: a volcano with the same name is at Lake Atitlán in the Guatemalan Highlands, forming the prominent group of San Pedro, Tolimán, and Atitlán volcanoes.

San Pedro Photos:

Atitlán, Toliman, and San Pedro volcanoes (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Atitlán, Toliman, and San Pedro volcanoes (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Early morning at the shore of Lake Atitlán with Atitlán, Toliman and San Pedro volcanoes in the background (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Early morning at the shore of Lake Atitlán with Atitlán, Toliman and San Pedro volcanoes in the background (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Sunrise above the Lake Atitlán with Atitlán, Toliman and San Pedro volcanoes behind (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Sunrise above the Lake Atitlán with Atitlán, Toliman and San Pedro volcanoes behind (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The caldera of Laka Atitlán, Guatemala, in the morning. San Pedro, Atitlán and Toliman volcanoes in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The caldera of Laka Atitlán, Guatemala, in the morning. San Pedro, Atitlán and Toliman volcanoes in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Volcano San Pedro at Atitlan Caldera Lake sunset, Guatemala (Photo: WNomad)
Volcano San Pedro at Atitlan Caldera Lake sunset, Guatemala (Photo: WNomad)
Volcanoes Toliman, Atitlan and San Pedro at Atitlan Lake, Panajachel, Guatemala (Photo: WNomad)
Volcanoes Toliman, Atitlan and San Pedro at Atitlan Lake, Panajachel, Guatemala (Photo: WNomad)



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