- Nevados de Payachata
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Nevados de Payachata
FLTR: the Pomerape and Parinacota volcanoesElevation Parinacota: 6,110 m (20,046 ft); Pomerape: 6,232 m (20,446 ft) Location Location Bolivia-Chile Range Andes Coordinates 18°9.799′S 69°8.550′W / 18.163317°S 69.1425°W Geology Type Stratovolcano Last eruption 290 AD ± 300 years (Parinacota) Nevados de Payachata is a north-south trending complex of potentially active volcanos on the border of Bolivia and Chile, directly north of Chungará Lake. The complex contains two peaks, Pomerape to the north and Parinacota to the south. According to helium surface dating, Parinacota has erupted within the last 2000 years, while Pomerape is Pleistocene.
See also
References
- "Nevados de Payachata". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1505-012.
External links
Categories:- Volcanoes of Arica and Parinacota Region
- Potentially active volcanoes
- Complex volcanoes
- Volcanic groups
- Volcanoes of Oruro Department
- Chile geography stubs
- Bolivia geography stubs
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