Incahuasi

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Incahuasi

The volcanoes Incahuasi (left) and El Fraile behind the colorful Laguna Verde (lake).
Elevation 6,621 m (21,722 ft)[1]
Prominence 1,518 m (4,980 ft)[1]
Listing Ultra
Location
Incahuasi
Location in Argentina, on the border with Chile
Location Catamarca, Argentina -
Atacama, Chile
Range Andes
Coordinates 27°02′00″S 68°17′45″W / 27.03333°S 68.29583°W / -27.03333; -68.29583Coordinates: 27°02′00″S 68°17′45″W / 27.03333°S 68.29583°W / -27.03333; -68.29583[1]
Geology
Type stratovolcanoes and caldera
Last eruption Unknown
Climbing
First ascent 1913 by Walther Penck

Incahuasi (Quechua Inkawasi or Inka Wasi, inka Inca, wasi house,[2][3] "Inca house") is a volcanic mountain in the Andes of South America. It lies on the border of the Argentine province of Catamarca, and the Atacama Region of Chile. Incahuasi has a summit elevation of 6,621 metres (21,722 ft) above sea level.

The volcano consists of a 3.5-kilometre-wide (2.2 mi) caldera and two stratovolcanoes. Four pyroclastic cones are located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north-east and produced basalt-andesite lava flows that cover an area of 10 square kilometres (4 sq mi).[4]

Incahuasi Volcan from Route 60, Catamarca, Argentina

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Argentina and Chile North: Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ http://www.volcanolive.com/incahuasi.html

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