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Hornopirén

Hornopirén
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Hornopirén town and volcano.
Highest point
Elevation 1,572 m (5,157 ft)
Coordinates 41°52′28″S 72°25′53″W / 41.87444°S 72.43139°W / -41.87444; -72.43139
Geography
Hornopirén is located in Chile
Hornopirén
Hornopirén
Location of Hornopirén
in Chile
Location Chile
Parent range Andes
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt South Volcanic Zone
Last eruption 1835 (?)

Hornopirén (Spanish pronunciation: [ornoˈpiɾen]) is a stratovolcano located in the Andes, in Los Lagos Region of Chile, south of Yate Volcano and east of Apagado or Hualiaque pyroclastic cone. Hornopirén lies on the major regional Liquine-Ofqui Fault. The volcano is said to have erupted in 1835, although no details are known. The name of the volcano derives from the Spanish word for oven, horno and the native Mapudungun word for snow pirén, thus Hornopirén means snow oven.

The village of Hornopirén is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the volcano, on an inlet off the Gulf of Ancud.



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