Volcanodle
Puzzle #14 was Tolhuaca.
Tolhuaca (or Tolguaca) is a late-Pleistocene to Holocene stratovolcano located immediately NW of Lonquimay volcano. A NW-SE zone of aligned summit craters is youngest to the NW. Another group of vents cutting the south and east flanks is oriented SW-NE, parallel to the zone of flank vents on Lonquimay, and is of post-glacial age (Moreno and Gardeweg 1989).
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 14 ran on 23 Jul 2026 and the answer was Tolhuaca, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Chile; Region - South America Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 1500-3000; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - andesite; Historically observed - not-observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 3; Holocene eruptions recorded - 4 eruptions.
Volcanodle builds its record from Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (Venzke, E. (ed.), Volcanoes of the World, volcano.si.edu). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: A verbatim excerpt of the volcano's GVP Geological Summary. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- South America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- stratovolcano
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 1500-3000
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- andesite
- Historically observed
- not-observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 3
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 4 eruptions