Mentolat Volcano | John Seach

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Chile

44.70 S, 73.08 W
summit elevation 1660 m
Stratovolcano

Mentolat volcano is located in southern Chile. The volcano consists of ice-filled 6 km wide caldera in the central part of Magdalena Island.

The most recent eruption at Mentolat may have produced the lava flow on the western slope of the volcano.

Further reading
Weller, Derek J., et al. "Petrology, geochemistry, and correlation of tephra deposits from a large early-Holocene eruption of Mentolat volcano, southern Chile." Journal of South American Earth Sciences 90 (2019): 282-295.

Mentolat Volcano Eruptions

1710 ± 5, 5010 BC ± 50