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Chile / Argentina

Ojos del Salado, Nevados.

Volcano profile for Ojos del Salado, Nevados in Chile / Argentina, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
6,879 m
Last documented eruption
750
Coordinates
-27.109°, -68.541°
GVP number
355130

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No current eruption report

Chile / Argentina

Ojos del Salado, Nevados

Stratovolcano

Elevation
6,879 m
Last documented eruption
750
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-27.109°, -68.541°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
355130
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Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Ojos del Salado, Nevados · Chile / Argentina

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
14 Nov 199314 Nov 1993?1Uncertain eruption
750Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Ojos del Salado, Nevados · No current eruption report · 6,879 m

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