El Reventador

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0a9fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b2c52d0.gif" border=0 width="197" height="45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>                                                      </B><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>AstroGeoData</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nevado del Ruiz"><U>Nevado del Ruiz</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id288.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nevado del Huila"><U>Nevado del Huila</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id310.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Galeras"><U>Galeras</U></A><B>   |   </B><B>El Reventador</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chaiten"><U>Chaiten</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="0aad2043.jpg"> <div>               <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DATA"><U><B>Back to DATA</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>          </B><A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS"><U><B>Volcanic Eruptions</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>           </B></div> <div> <B>     </B><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SOUTH AMERICA"><U><B>Back to SOUTH AMERICA</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FF6633" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>El Reventador</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2da56900.jpg" border=0 width="598" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Volcano Information </div> <bR> <div> Reventador</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="513" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER ROWSPAN=9 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="157"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="157" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="157"><div> Country:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="187"><div> Ecuador</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Subregion Name:</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="187"><div> Ecuador</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Volcano Number:</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="187"><div> 1502-01=</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="157"><div> Volcano Type:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="187"><div> Stratovolcano</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="157"><div> Volcano Status:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="187"><div> Historical</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Last Known Eruption:</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="187"><div> 2005 </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Summit Elevation:</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="98"><div> 3562 m</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> 11,686 feet</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="157"><div> Latitude:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="98"><div> 0.077°S </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="88"><div> <B>0°4'39"S</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="157"><div> Longitude:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="98"><div> 77.656°W</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B>77°39'21"W</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=4 HEIGHT= 379 WIDTH="503"><div> Reventador is the most frequently active of a chain of Ecuadorian volcanoes </div> <div> in the Cordillera Real, well east of the principal volcanic axis. </div> <div> The forested dominantly andesitic stratovolcano rises to 3562 m above the </div> <div> remote jungles of the western Amazon basin. A 4-km-wide caldera widely breached to the east was formed by edifice collapse and is partially filled by a young, unvegetated stratovolcano that rises about 1300 m above the caldera floor to a height above the caldera rim. Reventador has been the source of numerous lava flows as well as explosive eruptions that were visible from Quito in historical time. Frequent lahars in this region of heavy rainfall have constructed a debris plain on the eastern floor of the caldera. </div> <div> The largest historical eruption at Reventador took place in 2002, producing a 17-km-high eruption column, pyroclastic flows that traveled up to 8 km, and lava flows from summit and flank vents. </div> <bR> <div> (The Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program, http://www.volcano.si.edu/index.cfm) </div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>