Report on Yanteles (Chile) — September 1993
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 18, no. 9 (September 1993)
Managing Editor: Edward Venzke.
Yanteles (Chile) Fumarolic and solfataric activity
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 1993. Report on Yanteles (Chile) (Venzke, E., ed.). Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 18:9. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199309-358049
Yanteles
Chile
43.469°S, 72.782°W; summit elev. 1790 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
Fieldwork on 7 September 1992 revealed solfataric activity consisting of steam and sulfurous gas emissions. Only steam was observed on 14 September 1993.
Geological Summary. Little-known glacier-covered Yanteles volcano in southern Chile is at the corner of a volcanic massif located 60 km S of the city of Chaiten, with higher eroded peaks about 5 km E and along a ridge extending 10 km SW. Several Holocene tephra layers have been attributed to this volcano. There were reports of an eruption at the time of the 20 February 1835 Chile earthquake, and Sapper (1917) stated that previously unseen black areas were observed there after the 1835 earthquake, but the nature of this activity is not clear.
Information Contacts: M. Petit-Breuilh and G. Fuentealba, Univ de La Frontera.
