Incahuasi

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This article is about a volcano on the border between Argentina and Chile. For other uses, see Inka Wasi.
Incahuasi
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The volcanoes Incahuasi (left) and El Fraile behind the colorful Laguna Verde (lake).
Highest point
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Listing Ultra
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Geography
Incahuasi is located in Argentina
Incahuasi
Incahuasi
Location in Argentina, on the border with Chile
Location Catamarca, Argentina -
Atacama, Chile
Parent range Andes
Geology
Mountain type stratovolcanoes and caldera
Last eruption Unknown
Climbing
First ascent 1913 by Walther Penck

Incahuasi (Spanish pronunciation: [iŋkaˈwasi]; 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]

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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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