Antillanca Group (Chile)

Status Unknown Eruption -230 1990m
Stratovolcano(es) (Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km))

The Antillanca Group is a cluster of late-Pleistocene to Holocene basaltic-to-andesitic scoria cones, maars, and small stratovolcanoes covering an area of 380 km2 SE of Lago Puyehue and NE of Lago Rupanco. The most prominent edifice is the Holocene Casablanca stratovolcano, which has a truncated conical profile and produced major explosive eruptions about 2910 and 2260 radiocarbon years ago. Older late-Pleistocene stratovolcanoes, such as Sarnoso on the SW side and Fiuchá on the NW side, are extensively dissected by glaciers. Fissures oriented in four major directions influence the orientation of the cones. Thermal areas are found in scattered locations on the NW side of the complex.

Casablanca volcano, whose summit is visible at the upper right, is the highest peak of the Antillanca volcano group. Raihuen crater (lower left) lies at the base of Casablanca. The Antillanca Group is a cluster of late-Pleistocene to Holocene scoria cones, maars, and small stratovolcanoes covering an area of 380 sq km SE of Lago Puyehue and NE of Lago Rupanco. Older late-Pleistocene stratovolcanoes have been extensively dissected by glaciers, but numerous small Holocene volcanic centers are present.

Photo by Klaus Dorsch, 2001 (University of Munich).

Last updated 2020-03-11 23:00:03