Carrán-Los Venados


Carrán-Los Venados is a volcanic group of scoria cones, maars and small stratovolcanoes in southern Chile, southeast of Ranco Lake. The highest cone is Los Guindos, which is a small stratovolcano with an elevation of. 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 of southern Chile, among them Liquiñe-Ofqui and Futrono Fault.

Volcanoes

  • Carrán - a waterfilled maar, erupted in 1955
  • 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