Location Central Chile Volcanic arc/belt South Volcanic Zone Elevation 3,953 m Age of rock Pleistocene | Mountain type Stratovolcano Last eruption 1933 Mountain range Andes Parent range Andes | |
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Similar Cerro Azul, Tupungatito, Planchón‑Peteroa, Antuco, Nevado de Longaví | ||
Descabezado Grande (also Cerro Azul or Quizapu) is a stratovolcano located in the Maule Region of central Chile. It is capped by a 1.4-kilometre-wide (0.9 mi) ice-filled caldera and named for its flat-topped form, as descabezado means "headless" in Spanish. A smaller crater about 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide is found in the northeast part of the caldera, and it has active fumaroles.
Map of Descabezado Grande, San Clemente, Maule Region, Chile
The volcano is composed of andesite and rhyodacite lava flows along with pyroclastic flow deposits. It has a basal diameter of about 10 by 12 kilometres (6 mi × 8 mi) and a total volume of about 30 cubic kilometres (7.2 cu mi). Along with Cerro Azul, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the south, it lies at the center of a 20-by-30-kilometre (12 mi × 20 mi) volcanic field.
References
Descabezado Grande Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA