Carrán-Los Venados

Carrán-Los Venados
Cerro Los Guindos (center) as seen from south; Mocho-Choshuenco volcano in left background
Highest point
Elevation1,114 m (3,655 ft)
Coordinates40°18′29″S 72°04′12″W / 40.308°S 72.07°W / -40.308; -72.07 (highest point)
Geography
Map
LocationChile
Geology
Mountain type(s)Pyroclastic cones, maars
Volcanic arc/beltSouthern Volcanic Zone
Last eruptionApril to May 1979

Carrán-Los Venados (Spanish pronunciation: [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.

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 southernmost group of volcanoes of Carrán-Los Venados group, unknown dates of eruption
  • Los Guindos - the tallest of the group, an extinct small stratocone

See also

References

  • "Carrán-Los Venados". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

Müller, G. and Veyl, G., 1957. The birth of Nilahue, a new maar type volcano at Rininahue, Chile, 20th International Geological Congress, Mexico, pp. 75–396.


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