Llaima Volcano, Melipeuco, Chile (with Map & Photos)

The Llaima Volcano occupies a large part of the Conguillío National Park and on its western flank there are two ski centers. It is one of the historically most active volcanoes in South America and one of the most voluminous in the Southern Andes. Its western, southwestern and eastern flanks have more than 29 km2 of glaciers.

Llaima Volcano

The volcano has an almost perfect conical shape, although it consists of two peaks and about 40 adventitious slag cones. The north summit exhibits an open crater 350 m in diameter and more than 300 m deep, which in April 2009 was obstructed with a cone of pyroclasts whose height exceeds the edge of its highest peak.

Llaima Volcano

This crater has an active fumarole since 1994 with the emission of gases and water vapor. The southern summit presents the remains of a small cone of slag nested in an obstructed crater of about 200 m.

Llaima Volcano Map