False color satellite image of Villarrica (Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus)collected on 28 December 2000.
The image shows a partially snow-free summit resulting from theexistence of an actively degassing summit crater; also apparent from the hot spot the short wave infraredbands (inset).

Villarrica on 17 November 2004 with experiment sites located in yellow

Villarrica

Country

Chile

Location

South America

Coordinates

39°25′15″S 71°56′21″W

Height

2860

Age

Middle Pleistocene (Clavero and Moreno, 1994°

Volcano Type

Stratovolano

Activity

Effusive and explosive

Magma composition

Basaltic, basaltic andesite

Magma density

2.64 gr/cm3 (Witter et al. 2004)