Mount Burney

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Mount Burney is a remote stratovolcano in southern Chilean Patagonia, notable for its explosive eruptions and extensive tephra deposits that have influenced regional climate and ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stratovolcano
volcano
accessibility difficult to access
climateZone cold oceanic climate
continent South America
country Chile
dominantRockType andesite
dacite
elevation 1758 m
about 5770 ft
eruptionStyle explosive
firstScientificStudies 20th century
geologicalAge Quaternary
glaciation glacier-covered flanks
hasCrater summit crater lake
hasSignificantEruption Holocene explosive eruptions
hasSummitFeature ice-filled crater
hasTephraLayersIdentifiedIn Patagonian lakes
Patagonian peat bogs
hazard ash fall
lahars
pyroclastic density currents
impact distal ash layers in Antarctic ice cores
influences regional climate
regional ecosystems
isRemote true
lastEruptionPeriod Holocene
locatedIn Chilean Patagonia
linked to: Patagonia

Magallanes Region
locatedOn Taitao Peninsula
monitoredBy Chilean geological and volcanological authorities
mountainRange Andes
namedAfter Burney
nearbyFeature Patagonian icefields
fjords of southern Chile
partOf Andean volcanic arc
produces ash fall deposits
pyroclastic flows
tephra
region southern Chile
relatedTo subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate
tectonicSetting Andean Southern Volcanic Zone margin
tephraDispersal Argentine Patagonia
linked to: Patagonia

southern Chile
southern Patagonia
usedFor tephrochronology in southern South America
volcanoType stratovolcano

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