Volcanodle
Puzzle #82 was Soche.
Volcán el Soche, a small stratovolcano near the Colombia border, is the northernmost of a chain of Ecuadorian volcanoes east of the principal volcanic axis. This dominantly dacitic volcano was constructed over Paleozoic rocks and has a summit caldera open to the E. A major explosive eruption took place during the early Holocene at about 8600 years BP, depositing tephra NW into Colombia.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 82 ran on 29 Sep 2026 and the answer was Soche, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Ecuador; Region - South America Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 3000-5000; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - dacite; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 5; Holocene eruptions recorded - 1 eruption.
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
- Ecuador
- Region
- South America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- stratovolcano
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 3000-5000
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- dacite
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 5
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 1 eruption