Volcanodle
Puzzle #22 was Purico Complex.
The Purico volcanic complex consists of two ignimbrite sheets, separated by a short erosional interval, that were erupted about 1.3 million years ago, along with several stratovolcanoes and lava domes that define a postulated 10 x 20 km ring fracture. Cerro Toco volcano overlies the vent area of the Cajón Ignimbrite. A sulfur mine on its SE flank was mined until the early 1990s. The youngest lava domes, Cerro Chascón de Purico and Cerro Aspero are of Holocene age (de Silva and Francis, 1991).
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 22 ran on 31 Jul 2026 and the answer was Purico Complex, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Chile; Region - South America Volcanic Regions; Type - shield; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - >5000; Rock type - dacite; Historically observed - not-observed. 1 of the 8 columns is blank in the source (Last eruption), so nobody could score it either way.
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
- shield
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- >5000
- Last eruption
- Not recorded
- Rock type
- dacite
- Historically observed
- not-observed