Carrán-Los Venados

Carrán-Los Venados

Carrán-Los Venados 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 . 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.

Details

Type
Pyroclastic cones, maars
Location
Chile
Elevation M
1114
Last Eruption
April to May 1979
Volcanic Zone
Southern Volcanic Zone