Volcanoes of the Andean SSVZ, Chile

Maca volcano (center left) and Cay volcano (far right).  Image courtesy O Gonzalez-Ferran, U of Chile, via Smithsonian GVP

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Lanin and the Huanquihue Volcanic Group, Argentina

Blocky, partly forested Escorial lava flow.  Looking S across Lago Epulafguen toward its source, Achen – Niellu pyroclastic cone.  A’a lava flow is 200 – 400 years old.  Image courtesy Hecto Osvaldo Gonzalez, 2007 via Smithsonian GVP

A Spare Volcano in the Desert – OLLAGÜE (CL)

Mining village below volcan Ollagüe. (© Marco Giometti, via Flickr)

It’s always good to have a spare volcano in your desert – for scenery, for tourists, for sulfur, for energy, whatever – as long as it doesn’t erupt. There are far more volcanoes in the world which have not erupted in the last 10 000 years than those considered presently active. With most of them we will never know whether they are truly extinct or just keep their heads down. And then there are those

Volcán TROMEN – Argentina

(© Hernan Povedano, via Flickriver)