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Cerro Melimoyu

Melimoyu

Estratovolcán · Chile · 2400 m

Glacier-clad Melimoyu volcano is seen from the NW from the town of Quellon on the island of Chiloe. The volcano lies across the Gulf of Corcovado beyond the small island cutting across the image in the foreground. Two prominent horns at the summit of the volcano rise above the rim of the summit crater. The large stratovolcano has an 8-km-wide, largely buried ice-filled caldera that is drained by a glacier through a notch in the NE caldera rim. Two late-Holocene tephra layers have been documented from Melimoyu.
Glacier-clad Melimoyu volcano is seen from the NW from the town of Quellon on the island of Chiloe. The volcano lies across the Gulf of Corcovado beyond the small island cutting across the image in the foreground. Two prominent horns at the summit of the volcano rise above the rim of the summit crater. The large stratovolcano has an 8-km-wide, largely buried ice-filled caldera that is drained by a glacier through a notch in the NE caldera rim. Two late-Holocene tephra layers have been documented from Melimoyu. · Foto: Photo by Bryan Freeman, 2005. · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
Chile
Región
South America Volcanic Regions / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Altitud
2400 m
Coordenadas
-44.080, -72.880
Última erupción
200
Contexto tectónico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Resumen geológico

Melimoyu is a stratovolcano with an 8-km-wide, largely buried caldera located ~40 km NW of the town of Puyuhuapi. The ice-filled caldera is drained by a glacier through a notch in the NE caldera rim. The basaltic andesite volcano is elongated 10 km in an E-W direction and has several cinder cones. A 1-km-wide crater is located at its summit, and two late-Holocene tephra layers have been documented.

Resumen de Wikipedia

El volcán o cerro Melimoyu es un estratovolcán con una caldera quemada, ubicado 40 km al NW de Puerto Puyuhuapi, en la región de Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo de Chile.

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Historial de erupciones

Resumen (VEI en el tiempo)
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820 BCE~718 BCE · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. ?98~200 · 1 erupciones · VEI máx. ?820 BCE616 BCE310 BCE106 BCE98

Línea de tiempo detallada

  1. 200 (±75 años)VEI ?Estimación geológica
    200 – En curso
  2. 820 a. C. (±100 años)VEI ?Estimación geológica
    BCE 820 – En curso

Enlaces externos

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