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Country: | Chile | |
| Subregion Name: | Central Chile | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1507-03= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 1917 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 4280 m | 14,042 feet | |
| Latitude: | 34.814°S | 34°48'49"S | |
| Longitude: | 70.352°W | 70°21'7"W | |
| Tinguiririca is composed of at least seven Holocene scoria cones west of the Chile-Argentina border constructed along a NNE-SSW fissure over an eroded Pleistocene stratovolcano. The complex was constructed during three eruptive cycles dating back to the middle Pleistocene. The latest activity produced a series of youthful small stratovolcanoes and craters, of which the youngest appear to be Tinguiririca and Fray Carlos. Constant fumarolic activity occurs within and on the NW wall of the summit crater of Tinguiririca, and hot springs and fumaroles with sulfur deposits are found on the western flanks of the summit cones. A single historical eruption from Tinguiririca was recorded in 1917. | |||
