This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

The Best Attractions In Quilotoa

x
Quilotoa is a water-filled caldera and the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. The 3-kilometre -wide caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 600 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash throughout the northern Andes. This last eruption followed a dormancy period of 14,000 years and is known as the 1280 Plinian eruption. The fourth eruptive phase was phreatomagmatic, indicating that a Crater lake was already present at that time. The caldera has since accumulated a 250 m deep crater lake, ...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

The Best Attractions In Quilotoa

Quilotoa Videos

Menu