🌋 Lauca (volcano)

Chile · Americas · 18.33°S, 69.38°W

Lauca is a 5,140 metres (16,860 ft) high andesitic stratovolcano in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes on the Altiplano in northern Chile. Administratively it is located in Putre, Arica y Parinacota Region. The volcano was active during the Late Miocene from 10.5 million years ago onwards. A major ignimbrite collapsed the volcano in the Late Pliocene.

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Quick facts

Country	Chile
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	18.33°S, 69.38°W · view on map

Lauca (volcano) is located in Chile, in Americas.

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