Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano - John Seach

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Chile

40.590 S, 72.117 W
summit elevation 2236 m
Stratovolcano

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano is located in central Chile. The group consists of Puyehue volcano and Cordón Caulle fissure complex.

Puyehue volcano contains a 2.4 km wide summit caldera and lava flows and domes on the eastern flank. Historical eruptions have occurred at Cordón Caulle rift zone.

Cordón Caulle geothermal area, occupies a 6 x 13 km wide depression and is the largest active geothermal area in the southern Andes.

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano Eruptions

1960, 1934, 1929, 1921-22, 1905?, 1893?