Volcanoes in Chile
Volcanoes of Chile
Chile holds 107 catalogued volcanoes. Below, the ones whose heat was measured from space in the last twenty-four hours, then the full list.
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Every catalogued volcano
- AcamarachiStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- AguileraStratovolcano, last eruption 1253 BCE
- Antillanca Volcanic ComplexStratovolcano(es), last eruption 230 BCE
- AntucoStratovolcano, last eruption 1869 CE
- ApagadoPyroclastic cone, last eruption 590 BCE
- AracarStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Atuel, Caldera delCaldera, last eruption Unknown
- Azul, CerroStratovolcano, last eruption 1967 CE
- Bayo Gorbea, CerroComplex, last eruption Unknown
- Blanca, LagunaVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Blancas, LomasStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Blanco, CerroCaldera, last eruption 2300 BCE
- Burney, MonteStratovolcano, last eruption 1910 CE
- Caburgua-HuelemolleVolcanic field, last eruption 5050 BCE
- CaichinqueStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- CalabozosCaldera, last eruption Unknown
- CalbucoStratovolcano, last eruption 2015 CE
- CallaquiStratovolcano, last eruption 1980 CE
- Carran-Los VenadosPyroclastic cone(s), last eruption 1979 CE
- Casiri, NevadosStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- CayStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Cayutue-La VigueriaVolcanic field, last eruption 190 BCE
- ChaitenCaldera, last eruption 2011 CE
- ChiliquesStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Chillan, Nevados deStratovolcano, last eruption 2022 CE
- ColachiStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Condor, ElStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- CopahueStratovolcano, last eruption 2024 CE
- CorcovadoStratovolcano, last eruption 4920 BCE
- Cordon de Puntas NegrasStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- Cordon del AzufreComplex, last eruption Unknown
- Corrida de Cori Volcanic FieldStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Crater Basalt Volcanic FieldVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- Descabezado GrandeStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1933 CE
- Falso AzufreComplex, last eruption Unknown
- FueguinoLava dome(s), last eruption 1820 CE
- GuallatiriStratovolcano, last eruption 1960 CE
- GuayaquesLava dome(s), last eruption Unknown
- HornopirenStratovolcano, last eruption 340 CE
- Huanquihue GroupStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1750 CE
- Hudson, CerroStratovolcano, last eruption 2011 CE
- HuequiLava dome(s), last eruption 1920 CE
- Incahuasi, Nevado deStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- InfiernilloVolcanic field, last eruption 6890 BCE
- IrruputuncuStratovolcano, last eruption 1995 CE
- IslugaStratovolcano, last eruption 1913 CE
- LaninStratovolcano, last eruption 560 CE
- LascarStratovolcano(es), last eruption 2023 CE
- LastarriaStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- LautaroStratovolcano, last eruption 1979 CE
- LicancaburStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- LlaimaStratovolcano, last eruption 2009 CE
- LlullaillacoStratovolcano, last eruption 1877 CE
- Longavi, Nevado deStratovolcano, last eruption 4890 BCE
- LonquimayStratovolcano, last eruption 1990 CE
- MacaStratovolcano, last eruption 1560 CE
- MaipoCaldera, last eruption 1912 CE
- Maule, Laguna delCaldera, last eruption 50 BCE
- MelimoyuStratovolcano, last eruption 200 CE
- MentolatStratovolcano, last eruption 1710 CE
- MeullinVolcanic field, last eruption Unknown
- MichinmahuidaStratovolcano, last eruption 1835 CE
- MiniquesStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- Mocho-ChoshuencoStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1937 CE
- Negrillar, LaPyroclastic cone(s), last eruption Unknown
- Nevada, SierraComplex, last eruption Unknown
- Ojos del Salado, NevadosStratovolcano, last eruption 750 CE
- Olca-ParumaStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- OsornoStratovolcano, last eruption 1869 CE
- Pali-Aike Volcanic FieldVolcanic field, last eruption 5550 BCE
- PalomoStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- ParinacotaStratovolcano, last eruption 290 CE
- Payun MatruVolcanic field, last eruption 5050 BCE
- PeinadoStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Planchon-PeteroaStratovolcano(es), last eruption 2025 CE
- PularStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- Puntiagudo-Cordon CenizosStratovolcano, last eruption 1850 CE
- Purico ComplexShield(pyroclastic), last eruption Unknown
- PutanaStratovolcano, last eruption 1810 CE
- Puyehue-Cordon CaulleStratovolcano, last eruption 2012 CE
- PuyuhuapiPyroclastic cone(s), last eruption Unknown
- QuetrupillanStratovolcano, last eruption 255 CE
- ReclusPyroclastic cone, last eruption 1908 CE
- Resago, VolcanPyroclastic cone, last eruption Unknown
- Risco PlateadoStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- SairecaburStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- San JoseStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1960 CE
- San Pedro-PelladoStratovolcano(es), last eruption Unknown
- SocompaStratovolcano, last eruption 5250 BCE
- SollipulliCaldera, last eruption 1240 CE
- Solo, ElStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- TaapacaComplex, last eruption 320 BCE
- Tata SabayaStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- TilocalarLava cone(es), last eruption Unknown
- TinguiriricaStratovolcano, last eruption 1917 CE
- TipasComplex, last eruption Unknown
- TolhuacaStratovolcano, last eruption 4000 BCE
- Tromen Volcanic PlateauStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1822 CE
- TronadorStratovolcano, last eruption Unknown
- Tujle, CerroMaar, last eruption Unknown
- TupungatitoStratovolcano, last eruption 1987 CE
- TutupacaStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1802 CE
- UnnamedPyroclastic cone, last eruption Unknown
- VillarricaStratovolcano, last eruption 2025 CE
- YantelesStratovolcano(es), last eruption 6650 BCE
- YateStratovolcano, last eruption 1090 CE
- YucamaneStratovolcano(es), last eruption 1320 BCE
Questions readers ask
- Which volcanoes are erupting right now?
- The list above is what satellites measured in the last twenty-four hours. It is not the list of erupting volcanoes: an eruption under cloud, or one too cool to detect, will be missing, and a lava field cooling after an eruption can still appear.
- How many active volcanoes are there in the world?
- The Smithsonian Institution catalogues about 1,300 volcanoes with an eruption during the Holocene, roughly the last 10,000 years. Far fewer are erupting at any given moment — typically a few dozen.
- How can a satellite tell a volcano is active?
- It measures infrared radiation. Lava, hot gas and fresh deposits emit far more than the surrounding ground, so a thermal sensor detects them from orbit — day or night, but not through thick cloud.
- Does an absent volcano mean it has stopped?
- No. It means no satellite measured heat there during the window. Cloud, the timing of the overpass, or an eruption confined below the surface all produce the same silence.
What this measurement is, and is not
- Radiative power is the infrared a sensor received at the instant it passed overhead. It is not a measure of emissions, of pollution, or of any contribution to climate change — a solar farm can top the list on reflected sunlight alone.
- A source absent from this page is not a source at rest: a polar satellite passes twice a day, clouds hide the ground, and a site that was hot between two overpasses was never seen.
- The site catalog is a snapshot, rebuilt by hand. A plant that opened after the last build is missing from it, and a plant that closed is still in it.
Where the data comes from
The detections are NASA FIRMS (LANCE / EOSDIS). The sites are not NASA's data and are not ours: they come from the Smithsonian Institution for volcanoes, the World Bank with NOAA and the Colorado School of Mines for flares, the World Resources Institute for power plants, the Spatial Finance Initiative for cement, steel and petrochemicals, Global Energy Monitor for steel, and the U.S. Geological Survey for mineral sites.