Argentina Volcanoes

South America has the maximum number of active volcanoes in the world and spans the greatest length of any continental volcanic region. Eastern Pacific's Nazca Plate beneath South America has led to the emergence of one of the highest mountain ranges in the world and also to the highest volcano, Nevados Ojos del Salado.

Argentina comes before all other places when the number of volcanoes comes into count with 214 volcanoes and is only second to Japan in the number of Holocene volcanoes with nearly 112 such volcanoes. It is believed that the total number of volcanoes on Argentina Chile border is somewhere around 1800 and approximately around 28 are active.

Copahue volcano is an active volcano in the country of Argentina. The 8-km-wide caldera formed 0.6 million years ago near the NW margin of the Pliocene. The eastern summit crater contains a briny Crater Lake and displays intense fumarolic activity. Since the 18th century, infrequent explosive eruptions have been recorded. The most recent eruption of Copahue volcano was noted in the month of July in the year 2000.

Now most of the volcanoes in Argentina are inactive and are a great attraction among the tourists arriving in the country. The volcanoes in the highest mountain ranges witness the arrival of thousands of visitors who come to the lands of Argentina.

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