Melimoyu
Sign in to saveMelimoyu is a stratovolcano (Mapudungun meli="four"; the name means "four breasts".) in Chile. It is an elongated volcanic complex that contains two nested calderas of and width. An ice cap has developed on the volcano with a couple of outlet glaciers. Melimoyu has not erupted in recent times, but during the Holocene two large eruptions took place and ejected ash at large distances from the volcano.
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- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Aysén Province
- Continent
- Americas
- Elevation
- 2440
- Material used
- andesite
- Image
- Cerro Melimoyu (25087762512).jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 2272
- volcano observatory
- Southern Andean Volcano Observatory
- Commons category
- Melimoyu
- mountain range
- Patagonian Andes
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Melimoyu is a stratovolcano (Mapudungun meli="four"; the name means "four breasts".) in Chile. It is an elongated volcanic complex that contains two nested calderas of and width. An ice cap has developed on the volcano with a couple of outlet glaciers. Melimoyu has not erupted in recent times, but during the Holocene two large eruptions took place and ejected ash at large distances from the volcano.
thumb|530x530px|Melimoyu volcano seen from air towards the east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melimoyu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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