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Aguilera

Stratovolcano · Chile · 2546m

Aguilera is located in the southernmost Chilean Andes, within the area shown in this 8 September 2019 Sentinel-2 satellite image (N is at the top; this image is approximately 60 km across).
Aguilera is located in the southernmost Chilean Andes, within the area shown in this 8 September 2019 Sentinel-2 satellite image (N is at the top; this image is approximately 60 km across). · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Copernicus Sentinel Data, 2019. · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Chile
Region
South America / Austral Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2546m
Coordinates
-50.330, -73.750
Last eruption
-1253
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Dacite
Geological summary

Aguilera, located west of Lake Argentina and NE of Peel Fjiord, is part of the Austral Volcanic Zone (AVZ) in the southernmost Chilean Andes. Geochemical evidence indicated that the dacitic volcano was the source of a major late Holocene tephra layer that was erupted around 3,200 years ago (Stern, 2008).

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions
2610 BCE~2474 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1389 BCE~1253 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 52610 BCE2339 BCE1931 BCE1660 BCE1389 BCE

Detailed timeline

  1. 1253 BCE (±126 yrs)VEI 5Geological estimate
    BCE 1253 – Ongoing
  2. 2610 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 2610 – Ongoing

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