Mocho Choshuenco
| Mocho Choshuenco | ||
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 left Choshuenco, right Mocho |
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| height | 2422 m | |
| location | Patagonia , Chile | |
| Mountains | To the | |
| Coordinates | 39 ° 54 '35 " S , 72 ° 2' 15" W | |
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| Type | sleeping stratovolcano | |
| Last eruption | 1937 | |
| First ascent | 1934 Rudolf Haege, Kaerner and Steenbloock (Choshuenco) | |
The double volcano Mocho-Choshuenco is located in the municipality of Panguipulli , in the province of Valdivia , in the Chilean Región de Los Ríos . It is located on the Liquiñe Ofqui fault zone on the western edge of the Andes Cordillera.
geography
The Mocho summit has a height of 2422 m . The older, already eroded and steeper Choshuenco is 2415 m high. The Mocho had registered eruptions in 1864 and 1937 . There are various glaciers on the volcanic complex. The most stable glacier is located on the southeast flank and is called the Mocho Glacier. The glaciers have retreated significantly over the past few decades. The glacier area was about 29.4 km² in 1976 and only 16.9 km² in 2003. That means a loss of 40.5%. The glaciation goes down from the summit area (2400 m) to 1700 m.
The surroundings of the volcano, which is characterized by a tongue basin system with three large lakes from the last Ice Age, Lago Riñihue , Lago Panguipulli and Lago Neltume, are remarkable . The Reserva Nacional Mocho Choshuenco and the Reserva Biológica Huilo Huilo private reserve are located on the Mocho-Choshuenco volcanic complex.
According to ancient maps of the first conquerors, it is very likely that the Mocho-Choshuenco corresponds to the Valdivia volcano due to its location.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bown, F., Rivera, A., Acuna, C., & Casassa, G. (2007). Recent glacier mass balance calculations at Volcán Mocho-Choshuenco (40ºS), Chilean Lake District. In: Sicart, JE (Ed.), Glacier Mass Balance Changes and Meltwater Discharge, 318, 143e152.
- ^ Schaefer, M., Rodriguez, JL, Scheiter, M., & Casassa, G. (2017). Climate and surface mass balance of Mocho Glacier, Chilean Lake District, 40 S. Journal of Glaciology, 63 (238), 218-228.