Carrán-Los Venados facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carrán-Los Venados
Cerro Los Guindos (center) as seen from south; Mocho-Choshuenco volcano in left background
Highest point
Elevation	1,114 m (3,655 ft)
Geography
Location	Chile
Geology
Mountain type	Pyroclastic cones, maars
Volcanic arc/belt	Southern Volcanic Zone
Last eruption	April to May 1979

Carrán-Los Venados (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈran los βeˈnaðos]) is a volcanic group of scoria cones, maars and small stratovolcanoes in southern Chile, southeast of Ranco Lake. The highest cone is Los Guindos (Spanish for "The Cherry Trees), which is a small stratovolcano with an elevation of 1,114 metres (3,655 ft). The volcanic group has recorded eruptions from 1955 and 1979. Located south of Maihue Lake and north Puyehue Volcano Carrán-Los Venados group is placed at the intersection of several faults on the thin crust (~30 km) of southern Chile, among them Liquiñe-Ofqui and Futrono Fault.

Volcanoes

• Carrán - a waterfilled maar, erupted in 1955 (also called "Nilahue")
• Mirador - a cinder cone, erupted in 1979
• Pocura - a water filled maar, unknown date of eruption
• Riñinahue - a non-waterfilled maar, erupted in 1907
• Volcanes Los Venados - the western and southernmost group of volcanoes of Carrán-Los Venados group, unknown dates of eruption
• Los Guindos - the tallest of the group, an extinct small stratocone

See also

In Spanish: Carrán-Los Venados para niños

• List of volcanoes in Chile