Melimoyu

Melimoyu
Oblique view of Melimoyu from the International Space Station
Elevation	2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Location
Location	Chile
Range	Andes
Coordinates	44°05′0″S 72°53′0″W / 44.083333°S 72.883333°W / -44.083333; -72.883333
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	200 AD ± 75 years

Melimoyu is a stratovolcano with an 8-km-wide, largely buried caldera located about 40 km NW of the town of Puerto Puyuhuapi, in the Aisén Region of Chile. It lies near the northern entrance of the Moraleda Channel.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Chile

References

• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).
• Global Volcanism Program entry