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Copahue Volcano - John Seach
Chile
37.85 S, 71.17 W
summit elevation 2965 m
stratovolcano
Copahue Volcano is located in central Chile. The volcano contains a 6.5 x 8.5 km wide caldera, and a 2 km long, line of nine craters.
The eastern summit crater contains an acidic 300 m-wide crater lake.
Copahue volcano produced large eruptions starting on 1st July 2000. Bombs fell as far as 9 km from the crater and ash fell 100 km away. This was the largest eruption at the volcano in 100 years.
Copahue Volcano Eruptions
2000, 1992, 1961, 1937, 1867?, 1759?, 1750