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Tupungato Volcano

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 12:42 GMT -
Stratovolcano 6570 m / 21555 ft
Central Chile / Argentina border, -33.36°S / -69.77°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

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Background

The northernmost of the central Chile volcanoes, conical Tupungato is a Pleistocene stratovolcano capped by a about 0.8 million years ago lava dome complex (Moreno and Naranjo 1991).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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