Puyehue Volcano

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active volcano stratovolcano

Puyehue Volcano is an active stratovolcano in southern Chile’s Andes, known for its explosive eruptions and inclusion in the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Puyehue volcano 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
belongsTo Republic of Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive eruptions ⓘ
fedBySubductionOf Nazca Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasActivityType Plinian eruptions ⓘ
sub-Plinian eruptions ⓘ
hasAge Quaternary ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Volcán Puyehue NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCrater summit crater ⓘ
hasElevation approximately 2236 m ⓘ
approximately 7336 ft ⓘ
hasEruption 1921–1922 eruption ⓘ
1960 eruption ⓘ
hasGlacialFeatures glacially eroded flanks ⓘ
hasHazard ashfall ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
hasLastMajorEruption 1960 ⓘ
hasLavaType lava flows ⓘ
hasMorphology composite cone ⓘ
hasNameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Entre Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lago Ranco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osorno NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRockType andesite ⓘ
dacite ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ
hasVentAlignment NW–SE trending fissures ⓘ
hasVolcanicArc Andean Volcanic Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVolcanicComplex Cordón Caulle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puyehue-Cordón Caulle NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastMajorEruptionAssociatedWith 1960 Valdivia earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Andean Southern Volcanic Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Andes ⓘ
Los Lagos Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn South American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy OVDAS NERFINISHED ⓘ
SERNAGEOMIN NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Puyehue Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puyehue National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ranco Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
volcanicZone Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle → hasPart → Puyehue Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puyehue volcano
Osorno → locatedNear → Puyehue Volcano ⓘ
Puyehue-Cordón Caulle → namedAfter → Puyehue Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puyehue volcano