Lonquimay

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Lonquimay is a stratovolcano in south-central Chile known for its explosive eruptions and location within the Andean volcanic chain.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lonquimay canonical 2
Lonquimay (town) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stratovolcano
volcano
age Quaternary
composition andesitic to basaltic-andesitic
country Chile
countrySubdivision La Araucanía Region
surface form: Araucanía Region
elevation 2865 m
about 2865 metres above sea level
eruptionHistory Holocene activity
eruptionStyle effusive
explosive
eruptivePeriod December 1988 to 1990
geologicalSetting subduction-related volcano
hasCinderCones yes
hasGlaciers small glaciers and perennial snowfields
hasLavaFlows yes
hasParasiticCones yes
hasPyroclasticFlows yes
hazardType ashfall
lahars
lava flows
pyroclastic flows
lastEruption 1988–1990
latitude approximately 38.38° S
locatedIn Andean Volcanic Belt
Andes
south-central Chile
longitude approximately 71.58° W
monitoringAgency SERNAGEOMIN
mountainRange Andes
namedAfter nearby town of Lonquimay
nearbyTown Lonquimay self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lonquimay (town)

Melipeuco
surface form: Malalcahuello
nearbyVolcano Llaima
Tolhuaca
notableEruption 1988–1990 eruption
partOf Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes
surface form: Southern Volcanic Zone
producedAshFall yes
producedLavaDome yes
producedTephra yes
protectedArea Malalcahuello-Nalcas National Reserve
region La Araucanía Region
surface form: Araucanía Region
rockType andesite
basaltic andesite
summitCrater present
tectonicSetting Nazca Plate subducting beneath South American Plate
VEI 3
volcanicArcOrBelt Andean Volcanic Belt
surface form: Andean volcanic chain
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Malleco Province contains Lonquimay
Lonquimay nearbyTown Lonquimay self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lonquimay (town)