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Reclus

Pyroclastic cone · Chile · 1403m

Amalia Glacier flows around the northern flank of Reclus in the Southern Patagonia Ice Field, shown in this 27 February 2018 PlanetScope satellite image (N is at the top; this image is approximately 8 km across). The flanks are heavily eroded and there is a landslide deposit from the northern flank on the glacier surface.
Amalia Glacier flows around the northern flank of Reclus in the Southern Patagonia Ice Field, shown in this 27 February 2018 PlanetScope satellite image (N is at the top; this image is approximately 8 km across). The flanks are heavily eroded and there is a landslide deposit from the northern flank on the glacier surface. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Chile
Region
South America / Austral Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1403m
Coordinates
-50.940, -73.580
Last eruption
1908
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Dacite
Geological summary

Reclus, the source of several Patagonian Holocene tephra layers, was recognized to be an independent volcanic edifice in 1987. The volcano consists of a large dacitic pyroclastic cone with a crater about 1 km in diameter. As many as six tephra layers overlie a peat layer dated at 3,780 years before present. Research has also revealed evidence for eruptions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions
1830 BCE~1633 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1711~1908 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21830 BCE846 BCE59 BCE9241711

Detailed timeline

  1. 1908 (±1 yrs)VEI 1Observed
    1908-07-02 – Ongoing
  2. 1879VEI 2Observed
    1879-07-02 – Ongoing
  3. 1869VEI 2Observed
    1869-07-02 – Ongoing
  4. 1830 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    BCE 1830 – Ongoing

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