Reventador

Reventador

Cone of Reventador in 2012 (V. Scherrer)
Highest point
Elevation 3,562 m (11,686 ft) [1]
Coordinates 0°4′39″S 77°39′21″W / 0.07750°S 77.65583°W / -0.07750; -77.65583Coordinates: 0°4′39″S 77°39′21″W / 0.07750°S 77.65583°W / -0.07750; -77.65583 [1]
Naming
Translation the burster (Spanish)
Geography
Reventador

Ecuador

Parent range Andes
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano (active)
Volcanic arc/belt North Volcanic Zone
Last eruption 2008 to 2015 (ongoing)

Reventador is an active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. It lies in a remote area of the national park of the same name, which is Spanish for 'exploder' or 'ripper'. Since 1541 it has erupted over 25 times, although its isolated location means that many of its eruptions have gone unreported. Its most recent eruption was in 2009,[2] but the largest historical eruption occurred in 2002. During that eruption the plume from the volcano reached a height of 17 km and pyroclastic flows went up to 7 km from the cone.

On March 30, 2007, the mountain ejected ash again. The ash reached a height of about two miles (3 km, 11,000 ft). No injuries or damages have been reported.

The volcano's main peak lies inside a U-shaped caldera which is open towards the Amazon basin to the east. Its lavas are andesitic.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Reventador". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  2. ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_ecuador_volcano_1
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reventador.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.