Carrán-Los Venados Explained

Carrán-Los Venados
Elevation M:	1114
Location:	Chile
Coordinates:	-40.308°N -72.07°W (highest point)
Type:	Pyroclastic cones, maars
Volcanic Arc/Belt:	Southern Volcanic Zone
Last Eruption:	April to May 1979

Carrán-Los Venados (pronounced as /es/) 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 1114m (3,655feet). 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.

Volcanoes

• Carrán - a waterfilled maar, erupted in 1955 (also called "Nilahue")
• Mirador - a cinder cone, erupted in 1979
• Pocura - a water filled maar, unknown date of eruption
• Riñinahue - a non-waterfilled maar, erupted in 1907
• Volcanes Los Venados - the western and southernmost group of volcanoes of Carrán-Los Venados group, unknown dates of eruption
• Los Guindos - the tallest of the group, an extinct small stratocone

See also

• List of volcanoes in Chile

References

• 357140. Carrán-Los Venados.

Müller, G. and Veyl, G., 1957. The birth of Nilahue, a new maar type volcano at Rininahue, Chile, 20th International Geological Congress, Mexico, pp. 75–396.