The launch of a new GVP website is scheduled for Monday, May 20, 2013.
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Country: | Chile | |
| Subregion Name: | Central Chile | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1507-064 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 2268 m | 7,441 feet | |
| Latitude: | 36.286°S | 36°17'9"S | |
| Longitude: | 71.009°W | 71°0'34"W | |
| Volcán Lomas Blancas is a small shield-like stratovolcano of late-Pleistocene to Holocene age (Moreno and Naranjo, 1991) located about 15 km SE of Nevado de Longaví volcano. A 2.3-km-wide caldera, possibly formed by edifice collapse, is open to the SE. Basaltic-andesite aa lava flows extend 7 km from the collapse scarp. The basaltic central cone rises about 500 m to an elevation of 2268 m. Much of the volcano is covered by pumice deposits that probably originated from Nevado de Longaví. | |||
