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Bookmark or Share- Chaitén - WikipediaChaitén (/ tʃ aɪ ˈ t ɛ n /, chy-TEN) is a Chilean town, commune and former capital of the Palena Province in Los Lagos Region. The town is north of the mouth of Yelcho River, on the east coast of the Gulf of Corcovado. The town is strategically close to the northern end of the Carretera Austral, where the highway goes inland.
- Chaitén Volcano, Chile: Map, Facts, Eruption Pictures | ChaitenChaitén: Introduction. Chaitén is a small volcanic caldera located on the flank of the Michinmahuida volcano in southern Chile. Before 2008, it consisted mainly of a rhyolitic lava dome last active 9,400 years ago. But in May 2008, Chaitén began erupting violently, producing numerous plumes, pyroclastic flows and lahars, and building a new ...
- Chaitén (volcano) - WikipediaChaitén is a volcanic caldera 3 kilometres (2 mi) in diameter, 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of the elongated ice-capped Michinmahuida volcano and 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of the town of Chaitén, near the Gulf of Corcovado in southern Chile. The most recent eruptive phase of the volcano erupted on 2008.
- ChaiténAfter the eruption of the Chaitén volcano, the city was in ashes, however, today the city is fully equipped for tourism. From here you can go to different places like touring the Pumalín Park, the ascent to the Chaitén volcano and other attractions. Overview; Map
- Overview of Chaitén Volcano, Chile, and its 2008-2009 eruptionHere, we summarize the geographic, tectonic, and climatic setting of Chaitén Volcano and the pre-2008 state of knowledge of its eruptive history to provide context for the papers in this edition, and we provide a revised chronology of the 2008-2009 eruption.
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