- Aracar
Infobox Mountain
Name=Aracar
Photo=Aracar.jpg| Caption=Aracar from the Space Shuttle
Elevation=convert|6082|m|ft|0|abbr=on|sp=us
Location=Argentina
Range =Andes
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|24|15|S|67|46|W|type:mountain_region:AR
Topographic
Type=Stratovolcano
Age=Pliocene
Last eruption=1993
First ascent= | Easiest route=Aracar is a large conical
stratovolcano in northwesternArgentina , just east of theChile an border. It has an uneroded summit crater about convert|1.5|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us in diameter which contains a smallcrater lake . It is located on the edge of thePuna de Atacama , a high desert plateau east of theAtacama Desert . The only observed volcanic activity was a possible steam or ash plume onMarch 28 ,1993 seen from the village of Tolar Grande about convert|50|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us southeast of the volcano.ee also
*Pular
*Socompa References
* [http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1505-16- Global Volcanism Program: Aracar]
* (in Spanish; also includes volcanoes of Argentina)
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