Yate (volcano)

Yate Volcano is a large, glaciated stratovolcano located in the southern Andes, in the Los Lagos Region of Chile, south of the Reloncaví Estuary.

Yate lies on the major regional Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone, and is located 10 km north-east of the smaller Hornopiren volcano.

[1] There are no historical records of recent volcanic activity, but there is strategic evidence of smaller eruptions sometime in the Holocene.

[2] On February 19, 1965 a non-eruptive landslide of ice and rock caused by unusually heavy summer rains[3] slid rapidly into a narrow gully, descended around 1500 meters in elevation, and crashed into Lake Cabrera below.

[5] The debris field left behind by the tsunami is still visible today, and the people of nearby Hornopirén commemorate the tragedy every year with a pilgrimage to the site and the memorial chapel.