Callaqui
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El Barco Lake |
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Elevation | 3,164 metres (10,381 ft) |
Location | Chile |
Range | Andes |
Coordinates | Coordinates: |
Type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | 1980 |
Callaqui is a stratovolcano located in the Bío-Bío Region of Chile. It is a large ice-capped, basaltic-andesite volcano which is elongated in the northeast-southwest direction, due to its construction along an 11 km (7 mi) long fissure. Numerous cinder cones and lava flows have erupted from vents along this linear fissure. Most of the activity at Callaqui has been fumarolic. Minor eruptions were reported 1751, 1864, and 1937, and the latest eruption was a small phreatic eruption in 1980.
[edit] References
- González-Ferrán, Oscar (1995). Volcanes de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Instituto Geográfico Militar, 640 pp. ISBN 956-202-054-1. (in Spanish; also includes volcanoes of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru)
- Global Volcanism Program: Callaqui
- Biggar, John (2005). The Andes: A Guide for Climbers (3rd ed.). Andes Publishing (Scotland), 304 pp. ISBN 0-9536087-2-7.