Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Monte Burney
7450 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
- 7450 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 52.33° S, 73.40° W
- Vei
- 5
- Date uncertainty
- ± 500 years
- Unit
- MB1 tephra
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (calibrated)
- Volcano number
- 358070
- Eruption number
- 12323
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