Puyuhuapi

sopka – Pyroclastic cone(s), Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Kde

Chile, South America Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Pyroclastic cone(s)

Nadmořská výška

524 m

Tektonické prostředí

Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)

Poloha

-44,300°, -72,530°

A chain of dominantly basaltic cinder cones erupted along two NE-SW-trending fissures at the head of Puyuhuapi fjord comprise the Volcanes de Puyuhuapi. The larger group of four cones lies on the W side of the fjord and fed lava flows that traveled SE to the sea. The second lineament formed a chain of four smaller cones between the head of the fjord and Lake Risopatrón to the N. The two fractures are related to the regional Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone. The cinder cones are extremely well preserved, suggesting a very young age.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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