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Hornopirén

Hornopiren

Stratovulcano · Chile · 1572 m

Symmetrical forested Volcán Hornopirén is seen from the SW from a ferry approaching the town of the same name at the head of a fjord at the NE end of the Gulf of Ancud. The 1572-m-high volcano, whose name means "snow oven," lies along a graben defined by the major regional Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone. The volcano was said to be in eruption in 1835, although no details are known. Glacier-capped Yate volcano appears in the background to the left of Hornopirén.
Symmetrical forested Volcán Hornopirén is seen from the SW from a ferry approaching the town of the same name at the head of a fjord at the NE end of the Gulf of Ancud. The 1572-m-high volcano, whose name means "snow oven," lies along a graben defined by the major regional Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone. The volcano was said to be in eruption in 1835, although no details are known. Glacier-capped Yate volcano appears in the background to the left of Hornopirén. · Foto: Photo by Jon Major, 2011 (USGS, Cascades Volcano Observatory). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Stratovulcano
Paese
Chile
Regione
Sud America / Southern Andean Volcanic Arc
Altitudine
1572 m
Coordinate
-41.874, -72.431
Ultima eruzione
340
Contesto tettonico
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Forma vulcanica
Composite
Roccia principale
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Sintesi geologica

Volcán Hornopirén, located SSW of Yate volcano, is a morphologically youthful basaltic andesite stratovolcano that is mostly forested. The volcano, whose name means "snow oven," lies along a graben defined by the major regional Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone, N of the Hornopirén strait and immediately S of Lago Cabrera. Prominent lava flows descend beyond the SW base of the volcano and overlie the graben floor. The volcano was said to be in eruption in 1835, although no details are known.

Storia delle eruzioni

Riepilogo (VEI nel tempo)
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3720 BCE~3522 BCE · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. 4248~446 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?1637~1835 · 1 eruzioni · VEI max. ?3720 BCE2331 BCE942 BCE2481637

Cronologia dettagliata

  1. 1835VEI ?Stima geologica
    1835-07-02 – In corso
  2. 340 (±200 anni)VEI ?Stima geologica
    340 – In corso
  3. 3720 a.C. (±175 anni)VEI 4Stima geologica
    BCE 3720 – In corso

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