Carrán-Los Venados

Carrán-Los Venados

Cerro Los Guindos (center) as seen from south; Mocho-Choshuenco volcano in left background
Elevation 1,114 m (3,655 ft)
Location
Location Chile
Coordinates (highest point)
Geology
Type Pyroclastic cones, maars
Volcanic arc/belt Southern Volcanic Zone
Last eruption 1979

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 1,114 metres (3,655 ft). 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.

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