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Country: | Chile | |
| Subregion Name: | Southern Chile | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1508-04= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 1835 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 2404 m | 7,887 feet | |
| Latitude: | 42.793°S | 42°47'35"S | |
| Longitude: | 72.439°W | 72°26'19"W | |
| The glacier-covered Volcán Minchinmávida, located west of Lago Reñihue, has a saddle-shaped summit with an elongated 3-km-wide caldera. The massive edifice is elongated in a NE-SW direction, and a youthful eruptive center is located on the ENE side of the complex. Two major explosive eruptions during the Holocene produced tephra deposits extending to the east. An eruption from Minchinmávida was reported in 1742. Darwin observed the volcano in activity in 1834 on his renowned voyage that took him to the Galápagos Islands. The latest known eruption of basaltic-to-andesitic Minchinmávida, from February to March 1835, produced a lava flow from a flank crater and lahars that reached the coast at Punta Chana. | |||
