Tacora, Chile

Stratovolcano · 5,960 m (19,554 ft) · Chile-N

Tacora is a stratovolcano in Chile, 5,960 m (19,554 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Tacora on the map

Tacora and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 5,960 m (19,554 ft)
Country: Chile
Region: Chile-N
Summit: 17.721° S, 69.773° W
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Fumarolic
Smithsonian volcano number: 355010

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.