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Cerro Azul Volcano | John Seach
(Quizapu)
Chile
35.65 S, 70.76 W
summit elevation 3788 m
stratovolcano
Note: there are volcanoes called Volcan Azul in Nicaragua, and Cerro Azul in Galapagos Islands.
Cerro Azul Volcano is located in central Chile. La Resoloma Craters are three scoria vents on west flank. Los Hornitos are scoria cones on the lower SW flank.
Quizapu is a vent on the northern flank of Cerro Azul, which formed in 1846 during the first historical eruption at Cerro Azul. Quizapu was the source of one of the largest explosive eruptions of the 20th century in 1932, which created a 600-700 m wide 150-m-deep crater and ejected 9.5 cu km of tephra.
Further reading
Higgins, M.D., Voos, S. and Vander Auwera, J., 2015. Magmatic processes under Quizapu volcano, Chile, identified from geochemical and textural studies. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 170(5), pp.1-16.
Wulff, A.H., 2003, December. Composite Chemostratigraphy of Lavas From the Casitas Shield, Descabezado Grande-Cerro Azul Volcanic Complex, Chilean Andes. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2003, pp. V32H-07).
Cerro Azul Volcano Eruptions
1967, 1949, 1933-38, 1916-32, 1914, 1913?, 1912, 1907, 1906, 1903?, 1846-53?