Mocho-Choshuenco

thumb|right|300px|Map of Mocho-Choshuenco made from an Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer|ASTER [[VNIR image]] thumb|right|300px|View of Mocho-Choshuenco from the camping beach of Riñihue, Chile|Riñihue Mocho-Choshuenco (Pronounced: ) is a glacier covered compound stratovolcano in the Andes of Los Ríos Region, Chile. It is made of the twin volcanoes Choshuenco in the northwest and the Mocho in the southeast. The highest parts of the volcano are part of the Mocho-Choshuenco National Reserve while the eastern slopes are partly inside the Huilo-Huilo Natural Reserve.

Key facts

Mountain.name: Mocho-Choshuenco
Mountain.photo: MochoChoshuenco2.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption: In the left; the Mocho cone and in the right the eroded Choshuenco. Puerto Fui at Pirihueico Lake in the foreground.
Mountain.elevation: 2415 m (Choshuenco)2422 m (Mocho)
Mountain.listing: Ultra
Mountain.language: Spanish for headless (Mocho) and Mapudungun for yellow waters (Choshuenco)
Mountain.location: Panguipulli, Futrono and Los Lagos, Chile
Mountain.range: Andes
Mountain.coordinates: (Choshuenco)
Mountain.type: Stratovolcano
Mountain.volcanic_zone: South Volcanic Zone
Mountain.last_eruption

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Choshuenco, located on the northwest rim of the 4 km wide caldera, is of late glacial age. It has a heavily eroded crater and is currently dormant. Mocho is an andesitic-dacitic volcano placed above the caldera. Some parasitic craters and cinder cones are located on the southwest and northeast flanks of the stratovolcano. Mocho has its earliest certainly recorded eruption in 1759, older eruptions reported are uncertain due to the usage of different names and inexact maps.