Off the coast of Chile two tectonic plates come together. The Nazca Plate, an oceanic plate, is slowly sliding into and under the South American Plate. As it sinks into the mantle this plate takes seawater and other volatiles with it. These substances seep into the mantle and lower the melting point of the rock. This forms molten magma that rises though the crust of the South American Plate to erupt from volcanoes.
There are three geologic settings that produce volcanoes: convergent plate boundaries, divergent plate boundaries, and hot spots.
Iceland is in the unusual position of being over both a divergent plate boundary and a hot spot. At a divergent plate boundary such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that Iceland is a part of, two plates move apart as new crust forms. This new crust is thin, and puts less pressure on the upper mantle, allowing the rock to melt more easily and erupt at the surface to form volcanoes. The volcanoes then form new crust, creating a self-perpetuating process.
At a hot spot a portion of the mantle is hotter than normal, causing some rock to melt. This molten material then rises through the crust to form volcanoes. At iceland these forces have combined to produce a high concentration of volcanoes.
Chile
Many! Chile is the country with more active volcanoes in the world!
nevado volcano in peru There are many volcanoes in Peru. The west of Peru lies on the Andes, which run along western South America. There are many volcanoes in the Andes, some of them (more than 15) in Peru.
Land Volcanoes eat lamas and underwater volcanoes eat camals
Volcanoes Form at Active Subduction Zones or in the ring of fire
Yes the country Chile does have volcanoes
Are there any volcanoes in Chile?
Chile
about 30
Chile has volcanoes, moutains, fjords, valleys, and a lengthy coastline.
Chile has volcanoes, forests, mountains, canyons, as we as bodies of water.
Many! Chile is the country with more active volcanoes in the world!
5,000
Chile
nevado volcano in peru There are many volcanoes in Peru. The west of Peru lies on the Andes, which run along western South America. There are many volcanoes in the Andes, some of them (more than 15) in Peru.
The Ring of Fire
Volcanoes can form from other other volcanoes in the ring of fire