This is a list of active volcanoes in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, that means volcanoes that have erupted at least once in the Holocene

Holocene

The Holocene is a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene and continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Quaternary period. Its name comes from the Greek words and , meaning "entirely recent"...

. Some few notable extinct volcanoes are included.




In Chile volcanoes south of 45° are related to the subduction of the Antarctic Plate under the South American plate.

The Pacific islands of Chile are of volcanic origin.