Volcano

Laguna Blanca

Volcanic field · 1,700 m · Argentina

Laguna Blanca sits on the South American Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries.

Elevation

1,700 m

Type

Volcanic field

Tectonic Setting

Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust

Dominant Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Plate

South American Plate

Country

Argentina

Last Eruption

unknown

Nearby Cities

Cities of more than 20,000 people within 100 km.

• 98 kmCutral Có48,000 people

Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata