Puyehue-Cordón Caulle

E273356

stratovolcano volcanic complex

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle is a large volcanic complex in southern Chile known for its explosive eruptions, extensive lava flows, and significant impact on regional air traffic and landscapes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Puyehue-Cordón Caulle canonical	3
Cordón Caulle fissure system	1
Puyehue	1
Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2417710 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Context triple: [Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes, hasVolcano, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle]

A. Villarrica Volcano
Villarrica Volcano is one of Chile’s most active and iconic stratovolcanoes, known for its persistent lava lake and popularity as a mountaineering and skiing destination.
B. Parinacota Volcano
Parinacota Volcano is a large, snow-capped stratovolcano in the Chilean Andes, notable for its symmetrical cone and location within the Lauca National Park near the Bolivian border.
C. Concepción Volcano
Concepción Volcano is an active stratovolcano forming part of Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua, known for its near-perfect cone shape and frequent eruptions.
D. Calbuco Volcano
Calbuco Volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Chile known for its explosive eruptions and prominent presence in the Andean landscape.
E. Chaitén
Chaitén is a rhyolitic volcano in southern Chile known for its explosive 2008 eruption that produced widespread ashfall and lahars, leading to the evacuation and destruction of the nearby town of the same name.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Target entity description: Puyehue-Cordón Caulle is a large volcanic complex in southern Chile known for its explosive eruptions, extensive lava flows, and significant impact on regional air traffic and landscapes.

A. Villarrica Volcano
Villarrica Volcano is one of Chile’s most active and iconic stratovolcanoes, known for its persistent lava lake and popularity as a mountaineering and skiing destination.
B. Parinacota Volcano
Parinacota Volcano is a large, snow-capped stratovolcano in the Chilean Andes, notable for its symmetrical cone and location within the Lauca National Park near the Bolivian border.
C. Concepción Volcano
Concepción Volcano is an active stratovolcano forming part of Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua, known for its near-perfect cone shape and frequent eruptions.
D. Calbuco Volcano
Calbuco Volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Chile known for its explosive eruptions and prominent presence in the Andean landscape.
E. Chaitén
Chaitén is a rhyolitic volcano in southern Chile known for its explosive 2008 eruption that produced widespread ashfall and lahars, leading to the evacuation and destruction of the nearby town of the same name.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	stratovolcano ⓘ volcanic complex ⓘ
1960EruptionRelatedTo	1960 Valdivia earthquake ⓘ
activityStatus	active volcano ⓘ
ashPlumeHeight	over 10 km ⓘ over 30,000 ft ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
elevation	2236 m ⓘ about 7336 ft ⓘ
eruptionEndDate	2012-04-30 ⓘ
eruptionStartDate	2011-06-04 ⓘ
eruptionStyle	effusive ⓘ explosive ⓘ
eruptionType	Plinian eruption ⓘ sub-Plinian eruption ⓘ
geologicAge	Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ
hasPart	Cordillera Nevada caldera ⓘ Puyehue-Cordón Caulle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cordón Caulle fissure system Puyehue Volcano ⓘ surface form: Puyehue volcano
hazard	ashfall ⓘ lahars ⓘ pyroclastic density currents ⓘ
impact	ash clouds reaching Australia and New Zealand ⓘ closure of airports in Chile and Argentina ⓘ disruption of regional air traffic ⓘ landscape modification by lava flows ⓘ
lastEruption	2011–2012 ⓘ
locatedIn	Andes ⓘ southern Chile ⓘ surface form: Southern Chile
magmaComposition	andesitic ⓘ dacitic ⓘ rhyolitic ⓘ
monitoredBy	OVDAS ⓘ SERNAGEOMIN ⓘ
mountainRange	Andes ⓘ
namedAfter	Cordón Caulle ridge ⓘ Puyehue Volcano ⓘ surface form: Puyehue volcano
near	Osorno ⓘ Puyehue National Park ⓘ
notableEruption	1960 eruption ⓘ 2011 eruption ⓘ
overridingPlate	South American Plate ⓘ
partOf	Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ
produced	ash plume ⓘ lava flows ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ tephra fall ⓘ
region	Los Lagos Region ⓘ Los Ríos Region ⓘ
subductingPlate	Nazca Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting	subduction zone ⓘ
volcanicArc	Andean Volcanic Belt ⓘ
volcanicZone	Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ surface form: Southern Volcanic Zone
volcanoNumber	1507-14 ⓘ
volcanoType	complex volcano ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes → hasVolcano → Puyehue-Cordón Caulle ⓘ

Andean Volcanic Belt → contains → Puyehue-Cordón Caulle ⓘ

Osorno Province → contains → Puyehue-Cordón Caulle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex

Paso Cardenal Samoré → locatedEastOf → Puyehue-Cordón Caulle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puyehue

2011–2012 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption → volcano → Puyehue-Cordón Caulle ⓘ

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle → hasPart → Puyehue-Cordón Caulle self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cordón Caulle fissure system

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