Volcanodle
Puzzle #26 was Lanin.
LanÃn is a large conical late-Pleistocene to Holocene stratovolcano along the Chile-Argentina border. The dominantly effusive basaltic-to-trachydacitic volcano lies at the eastern end of a NW-SE-trending volcanic group beginning with Villarrica that is transverse to the Andean chain. The beautifully symmetrical, 3776-m-high LanÃn rises 2500 m above its base; shoulder areas on the upper flanks hint at a buried caldera.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 26 ran on 4 Aug 2026 and the answer was Lanin, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Chile-Argentina; Region - South America Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 3000-5000; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - andesite; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 0; Holocene eruptions recorded - 8 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-Argentina
- Region
- South America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- stratovolcano
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 3000-5000
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- andesite
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 0
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 8 eruptions