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Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia, "List of volcanoes in Peru". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04., Retrieved December 27, 2007
Pages in category "Volcanoes of Peru" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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The Central Volcanic Zone is 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) long, [13] and 69 of its volcanoes have been active in the Holocene epoch. [13] Peruvian volcanoes include stratovolcanoes, which are typically active for less than 500,000 years, long-lived clusters of lava domes, [2] and monogenetic volcanic fields. [11]
The name Huaynaputina, also spelled Huayna Putina, was given to the volcano after the 1600 eruption. [4] [5] According to one translation cited by the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Huayna means 'new', and Putina means 'fire-throwing mountain'; the full name is meant to suggest the aggressiveness of its volcanic activity and refers to the 1600 eruption being its first one.
“Mummified” mice were recently discovered atop towering volcanoes in Peru where the Incas once performed ritual sacrifices. Thirteen of the whiskered rodents were found across three peaks in ...
Images broadcasted on local television showed people walking with water up to their knees in the city of Pisco, in southern Peru. Vehicles were also trapped in the flooded streets.Despite many ...
Misti is a dormant volcano located in the Andes mountains in southern Peru, rising above Peru's second-largest city, Arequipa.It is a conical volcano with two nested summit craters, the inner one of which contains a volcanic plug or lava dome with active fumaroles.