| Villarrica Volcano | |
|---|---|
| Ruka Pillañ | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Puc%C3%B3n,_2019_(01),_Volc%C3%A1n_Villarrica.jpg) View of Villarrica Volcano | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,860 m (9,380 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,575 m (5,167 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Region high point Ultra |
| Coordinates | 39°25′15″S 71°56′21″W / 39.42083°S 71.93917°W[1] |
| Naming | |
| English translation | Place of Wealth |
| Language of name | Spanish |
| Geography | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Chile.jpg)  Villarrica Volcano Location in Chile | |
| Location | Southern Chile |
| Parent range | Andes |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | < Upper Pleistocene |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Volcanic belt | South Volcanic Zone |
| Last eruption | 2020 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1883, Chilean Army |
| Easiest route | Villarrica ski centre – Piedra Negra |
Villarrica ( /ˌviːəˈriːkə/ VEE-ə-REE-kə) (Spanish: Volcán Villarrica, Mapudungun: Ruka Pillañ) is one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and town of the same name, 750 km (470 mi) south of Santiago.[2] It is also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "great spirit's house" or " the demon's house". It is the westernmost of three large stratovolcanoes that trend northwest to southeast obliquely perpendicular to the Andean chain along the Mocha-Villarrica Fault Zone,[3] and along with Quetrupillán and the Chilean portion of Lanín, are protected within Villarrica National Park. Guided ascents are popular during summer months.
Villarrica, with its lava of basaltic-andesitic composition, is one of a small number worldwide known to have an active (but in this case intermittent) lava lake within its crater. The volcano usually generates strombolian eruptions with ejection of incandescent pyroclasts and lava flows. Rainfall plus melted snow and glacier ice can cause massive lahars (mud and debris flows), such as during the eruptions of 1964 and 1971.
Villarrica is one of 9 volcanoes currently monitored by the Deep Earth Carbon Degassing Project. The project is collecting data on the carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide emission rates from subaerial volcanoes.[4]
- ^ a b c "Argentina and Chile, Central Ultra Prominences". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
- ^ "Volcán Villarrica: Chile". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ Dzierma, Yvonne; Thorwart, Martin; Rabel, Wolfgang; Siegmund, Claudia; Comte, Diana; Bataille, Klaus; Iglesia, Paula; Prezzi, Claudia (2012). "Seismicity near the slip maximum of the 1960 Mw 9.5 Valdivia earthquake (Chile): Plate interface lock and reactivation of the subducted Valdivia Fracture Zone". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 117 (B6): n/a. Bibcode:2012JGRB..117.6312D. doi:10.1029/2011JB008914. hdl:11336/68804. S2CID 17702854.
- ^ "DECADE Installations at Turrialba and Poás". Deep Carbon Observatory. Retrieved 26 September 2016.