Carrán Los Venados

Updated on Nov 20, 2024

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Coordinates (highest point) Volcanic arc/belt Southern Volcanic Zone Last eruption 1979		Location Chile Elevation 1,114 m

Mountain type Pyroclastic cones, maars Similar Cerro del Azufre, Reclus, Auquihuato, Viedma, Huequi

Carrán-Los Venados ([kaˈran los βeˈnaðos]) is a volcanic group of scoria cones, maars and small stratovolcanoes in southern Chile, southeast of Ranco Lake. The highest cone is Los Guindos (Spanish for "The Cherry Trees), which is a small stratovolcano with an elevation of 1,114 metres (3,655 ft). The volcanic group has recorded eruptions from 1955 and 1979. Located south of Maihue Lake and north Puyehue Volcano Carrán-Los Venados group is placed at the intersection of several faults on the thin crust (~30 km) of southern Chile, among them Liquiñe-Ofqui and Futrono Fault.

Map of Carr%C3%A1n-Los Venados, Lago Ranco, Los R%C3%ADos Region, Chile

Volcanoes

Carrán - a waterfilled maar, erupted in 1955 (also called "Nilahue")

Mirador - a cinder cone, erupted in 1979

Pocura - a water filled maar, unknown date of eruption

Riñinahue - a non-waterfilled maar, erupted in 1907

Volcanes Los Venados - the western and southern most group of volcanoes of Carrán-Los Venados group, unknown dates of eruption

Los Guindos - the tallest of the group, an extinct small stratocone

References

Carrán-Los Venados Wikipedia

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Map of Carr%C3%A1n-Los Venados, Lago Ranco, Los R%C3%ADos Region, Chile

Volcanoes

References