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Country: | Chile | |
| Subregion Name: | Northern Chile | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1505-03= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 1913 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 5550+ m | 18,208 feet | |
| Latitude: | 19.15°S | 19°9'0"S | |
| Longitude: | 68.83°W | 68°50'0"W | |
| The broad Isluga volcano lies 7 km west of the Chile/Bolivia border at the west end of a group of volcanoes extending to Tata Sabaya volcano in Bolivia. The 5550-m-high Isluga stratovolcano contains a well-preserved, 400-m-wide summit crater at the western end of the elongated, snow-covered summit region. Numerous postglacial lava flows, many showing distinct levees, are most prominent along a broad front on the lower southern flank. Activity from the summit crater was reported in the 19th and 20th centuries. A lava flow in 1878 destroyed several towns. | |||
