Antuco (volcano)

Antuco

Highest point
Elevation	2,979 m (9,774 ft)
Coordinates	37°24′21″S 71°20′57″W / 37.40583°S 71.34917°W / -37.40583; -71.34917
Geography
Location	Chile
Parent range	Andes
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	South Volcanic Zone
Last eruption	1869
Climbing
First ascent	1829 by Eduard Poeppig

Antuco Volcano is a stratovolcano located in the Bío Bío Region of Chile, near Sierra Velluda and on the shore of Laguna del Laja.

Incidents

24th-30th April, 2013

In April 2013, there were reported signs of activity sighted by nearby inhabitants - a pilot even reported ash spewing from the volcano. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, investigated and determined that only trace gasses and steam had emerged from Antuco.^[1]

In literature

The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
Les Enfants du capitaine Grant by Jules Verne

References

↑ "Pronósticos de dispersión de Ceniza Volcánica". http://www.smn.gov.ar/vaac/buenosaires. VAAC. Retrieved 19 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)

"Antuco". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

Andean volcanoes

Northern Volcanic Zone (6° N–3° S)	Romeral Nevado del Ruiz Nevado del Tolima Nevado del Huila Puracé Doña Juana Galeras Cayambe Reventador Pichincha Antisana Aliso Soche Illiniza Cotopaxi Quilotoa Chimborazo Tungurahua Sangay

Central Volcanic Zone (15°–27° S)	Sara Sara Sulimana Coropuna Wallqa Wallqa Sabancaya Ampato Andagua volcanic field Chachani Misti Ubinas Huaynaputina Tixani Tutupaka Yukamani Parina Quta Iru Phutunqu Azufre Sairecabur Pacana Licancabur Lascar Llullaillaco Galán San Francisco Ojos del Salado

Southern Volcanic Zone (33°–46° S)	Tupungato Tupungatito Maipo Calabozos Descabezado Grande Cerro Azul Nevado de Longaví Nevados de Chillán Antuco Copahue Callaqui Lonquimay Llaima Sollipulli Villarrica Quetrupillán Lanín Mocho-Choshuenco Carrán-Los Venados Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Casablanca Osorno Calbuco Hornopirén Huequi Michinmahuida Chaitén Corcovado Cay Macá Hudson

Austral Volcanic Zone (49°–55° S)	Lautaro Viedma Aguilera Reclus Burney Fueguino

Note: volcanoes are ordered by latitude from north to south

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