Michinmahuida
Sign in to saveMichinmahuida () (alternate spellings Minchinmávida or Michimahuida) is a glaciated stratovolcano located in Los Lagos Region of Chile. It lies about 15 km east of Chaitén volcano, and was extensively covered in ash during the 2008 eruption of Chaitén. The stratovolcano lies above the regional Liquine-Ofqui Fault zone, and the ice-covered massif towers over the south portion of Pumalín Park. It has a summit elevation of 2,450 meters above sea level.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Michinmahuida
- Mountain.photo
- The-glaciated-michinmavida-volcano-lies-directly-behind-chaiten-in-eruption.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The volcano is visible in the center of this image, right behind the ash column of the Chaitén volcano in eruption.
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2450
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1518
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra
- Mountain.map
- Chile
- Mountain.map_size
- 180
- Mountain.location
- Chile
- Mountain.range
- Andes
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.last_eruption
- February to March 1835
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Palena Province
- Elevation
- 2404
- Image
- Michinmahuida.JPG
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- Michinmahuida
- topographic prominence
- 1518
- volcano observatory
- Southern Andean Volcano Observatory
- mountain range
- Patagonian Andes
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Michinmahuida () (alternate spellings Minchinmávida or Michimahuida) is a glaciated stratovolcano located in Los Lagos Region of Chile. It lies about 15 km east of Chaitén volcano, and was extensively covered in ash during the 2008 eruption of Chaitén. The stratovolcano lies above the regional Liquine-Ofqui Fault zone, and the ice-covered massif towers over the south portion of Pumalín Park. It has a summit elevation of 2,450 meters above sea level.
== See also == List of volcanoes in Chile Chaitén Chaitén (volcano) List of Ultras of South America
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michinmahuida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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