Puyehue and Cordón Caulle are two coalesced volcanic edifices that form a major mountain massif in Puyehue National Park in the Andes of Ranco Province, in the South of Chile. In volcanology this group is known as the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex. Four volcanoes constitute the volcanic group or complex, the Cordillera Nevada caldera, the Plioce…
Puyehue and Cordón Caulle are two coalesced volcanic edifices that form a major mountain massif in Puyehue National Park in the Andes of Ranco Province, in the South of Chile. In volcanology this group is known as the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex. Four volcanoes constitute the volcanic group or complex, the Cordillera Nevada caldera, the Pliocene Mencheca volcano, Cordón Caulle fissure vents and the Puyehue stratovolcano.
Elevation: 2,236 m (7,336 ft)
Location: Lago Ranco, Río Bueno and Puyehue communes, Chile
Peak: Puyehue
Language of name: Puyehue means place of small fishes in Mapudungun.
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