Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Monte Burney
7390 BCE · 52.33° S, 73.40° W
Monte Burney is a volcano in southern Chile, part of its Austral Volcanic Zone which consists of six volcanoes with activity during the Quaternary. This volcanism is linked to the subduction of the Antarctic Plate beneath the South America Plate and the Scotia Plate.
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What the records say
- When
- 7390 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 52.33° S, 73.40° W
- Date uncertainty
- ± 200 years
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 358070
- Eruption number
- 12324
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page