Antuco Volcano is a
stratovolcano located in the
Bío Bío Region of
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
, near
Sierra Velluda and on the shore of
Laguna del Laja.
Eruptions
The first registered eruption occurred in 1624 but it is known that the volcano experienced some activity in the 16th century.
[Petit-Breuilh 2004, p. 105.] The 1624 eruption was
strombolian forming a lava flow and resulting in the ejection of
pyroclast
Tephra is fragmental material produced by a volcanic eruption regardless of composition, fragment size, or emplacement mechanism.
Volcanologists also refer to airborne fragments as pyroclasts. Once clasts have fallen to the ground, they rem ...
s.
[ Beginning with this eruption many more were recorded as the volcano lies near an Andean mountain pass transited by the Spanish.][
]
24–30 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 gases and steam had emerged from Antuco.
In literature
* ''The Voyage of the Beagle
''The Voyage of the Beagle'' is the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his ''Journal and Remarks'', bringing him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of ''The Narrative ...
'' by Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended ...
* '' Les Enfants du capitaine Grant'', also known as '' In Search of Castaways: A Romantic Narrative of the Loss of Captain Grant of the Brig Britannia and of the Adventures of His Children and Friends in His Discovery and Rescue'', by Jules Verne
References
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Bibliography
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Volcanoes of Biobío Region
Stratovolcanoes of Chile
Mountains of Chile
South Volcanic Zone
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