Mentolat
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- Chile
- South America
- Stratovolcano
- 1710 CE
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- Last Known Eruption
- 44.7°S
- 73.08°W
- 1660 m
5445 ft - 358054
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Mentolat.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Mentolat.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Mentolat.
Volcán Mentolat is an ice-filled 6-km-wide caldera in the central part of Magdalena Island across the Puyuhuapi strait from Puerto Cisnes. An eruption about 7000 years ago produced a pumice and scoria layer that extends to the SE. A young-looking andesitic lava flow on the west side of the volcano may be its most recent product. Historical reports by Serrano describe an eruption at the beginning of the 18th century that could refer to this lava flow.
Summary of Holocene eruption dates and Volcanic Explosivity Indices (VEI).
| Start Date | Stop Date | Eruption Certainty | VEI | Evidence | Activity Area or Unit |
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| 1710 ± 5 years | Unknown | Confirmed | Historical Observations | ||
| 5010 BCE ± 50 years | Unknown | Confirmed | Radiocarbon (uncorrected) |
The Global Volcanism Program has no synonyms or subfeatures listed for Mentolat.
| Volcán Mentolat is an ice-filled 6-km-wide caldera in the central part of Magdalena Island, across the Puyuhuapi strait from the town of Puerto Cisnes. A young-looking andesitic lava flow on the west side of the volcano may be its most recent product. Historical reports describe an eruption at the beginning of the 18th century that could refer to this lava flow. Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile). |
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The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography. Discussion of another volcano or eruption (sometimes far from the one that is the subject of the manuscript) may produce a citation that is not at all apparent from the title.
Fuenzalida R, Etchart H, 1976. Evidencias de migracion volcanica reciente desde la linea de volcanes de la Patagonia Chilena. In: Gonzalez-Ferran O (ed) {Proc Symp Andean & Antarctic Volcanology Problems (Santiago, Chile, Sept 1974)}, Rome: IAVCEI, p 392-397.
Gonzalez-Ferran O, 1995. Volcanes de Chile. Santiago: Instituto Geografico Militar, 635 p.
IAVCEI, 1973-80. Post-Miocene Volcanoes of the World. IAVCEI Data Sheets, Rome: Internatl Assoc Volc Chemistry Earth's Interior..
Moreno H, 1985. . (pers. comm.).
Naranjo J A, Stern C R, 2004. Holocene tephrochronology of the southernmost part (42° 30' - 45° S) of the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone. Rev Geol Chile, 31: 225-240.
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