Mentolat

Mentolat
Mentolat is located in Chile
Mentolat
Mentolat
Highest point
Elevation1,660 m (5,450 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence1,620 m (5,310 ft)[4]
ListingUltra
Coordinates44°41′48″S 73°04′33″W / 44.69667°S 73.07583°W / -44.69667; -73.07583[4]
Geography
LocationChile
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption1710 ± 5 years[5]

Mentolat is an ice-filled, 6 km (4 mi) wide caldera in the central portion of Magdalena Island, Aisén Province, Chilean Patagonia. This caldera sits on top of a stratovolcano which has generated lava flows and pyroclastic flows. The caldera is filled with a glacier.

Little is known of the eruptive history of Mentolat, but it is thought to be young, with a possible eruption in the early 18th century that may have formed lava flows on the western slope. The earliest activity occurred during the Pleistocene, and Mentolat has had some major explosive eruptions during the Holocene.

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