Carrán-Los Venados is a volcanic group

Volcanic group

A volcanic group is a collection of related volcanoes or volcanic landforms. Note that the term is also used in a different sense when it denotes a suite of associated rock strata largely of volcanic origin; see group for details.-Notable volcanic groups:-See also:*Complex...

 of scoria cones, maars and small stratovolcano

Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions...

es in southern Chile

Southern Chile

Southern Chile may refer to different areas of Chile depending on the context. It may refer to:*Any place south of Santiago*All the region south of Biobío River*The Zona Sur region between Biobío and Chacao Channel....

, southeast of Ranco Lake

Ranco Lake

Ranco Lake is located in Ranco Province of Chile. It is the largest lake of Los Ríos Region and the fourth largest in Chile. Administratively Ranco Lake is split into three communes; La Unión, Futrono and Lago Ranco. The lake host a series of islands of which Guapi Island is the largest. The...

. The highest cone is Los Guindos (Spanish for "The Cherry Trees), which is a small stratovolcano with an elevation of 1114 metres (3,654.9 ft). The volcanic group has recorded eruptions from 1955 and 1979. Located south of Maihue Lake

Maihue Lake

The Maihue Lake is a lake located east of Ranco Lake in the Andean mountains of southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and it is enclosed by mountain ranges of the Andes, by all sides, and drains west to Ranco Lake....

 and north Puyehue Volcano Carrán-Los Venados group is placed at the intersection of several faults on the thin crust

Continental crust

The continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. This layer is sometimes called sial due to more felsic, or granitic, bulk composition, which lies in...

 (~30 km) of southern Chile, among them Liquiñe-Ofqui

Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault

The Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault is major geological fault that runs a length of roughly 1000 km in a north-south direction and exhibits current seismicity . It is located in the Chilean northern patagonean Andes. It is a dextral intra-arc transform fault...

 and Futrono Fault

Futrono Fault

Futrono Fault is a NWW tending geological fault in Los Ríos Region, running from the northern shore of Ranco Lake through the areas immediately south of Maihue Lake, where it intersects the large Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault, and the east along the Hueinahue River. The volcanic group of Carrán-Los Venados...

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Volcanoes

• Carrán - a waterfilled maar, erupted in 1955
• Mirador - a cinder cone, erupted in 1979
• Pocura - a water filled maar, unknown date of eruption
• Riñinahue - a non-waterfilled maar, erupted in 1907
• Volcanes Los Venados - the western and southern most group of volcanoes of Carrán-Los Venados group, unknown dates of eruption
• Los Guindos - the tallest of the group, an extinct small stratocone