<P> Antuco Volcano is a stratovolocano located in the Bío Bío Region of Chile, near Sierra Velluda and on the shore of Laguna del Laja, with its last eruption in 1869 . </P> <P> Villarrica is one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and town of the same name . The volcano is also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "House of the Pillán". It is the westernmost of three large stratovolcanoes that trend perpendicular to the Andes along the Gastre Fault . Villarrica, along with Quetrupillán and the Chilean portion of Lanín, are protected within Villarrica National Park . Ascents of the volcano are popular with several guided ascents reaching the top during summer . </P> <P> Villarrica, with its lava of basaltic - andesitic composition, is one of only five volcanoes worldwide known to have an active lava lake within its crater . The volcano usually generates strombolian eruptions, with ejection of incandescent pyroclasts and lava flows . Melting of snow and glacier ice, as well as rainfall, often causes massive lahars, such as during the eruptions of 1964 and 1971 . </P> <P> In Ecuador, EPN monitors the volcanic activity in this andean nation . </P>

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