List of volcanoes in Peru
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Peru
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Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Andahua Valley | 4713 | 15,462 | 15.42°S 72.33°W | Holocene |
| Cerro Auquihuato | 4980 | 16,338 | 15.07°S 73.18°W | |
| Coropuna Coropuna Nevado Coropuna is the largest and highest volcano in Peru, attaining an elevation of . It is located about northwest of Arequipa, the second largest city in Peru.... |
6377 | 20,922 | 15.52°S 72.65°W | Holocene |
| El Misti El Misti El Misti, also known as Guagua-Putinais a stratovolcano located in southern Peru near the city of Arequipa. With its seasonally snow-capped, symmetrical cone, El Misti stands at above sea level and lies between the mountain Chachani and the volcano Pichu-Pichu . Its last eruption was in... |
5822 | 19,101 | 16.294°S 71.409°W | 1784 |
| Huaynaputina Huaynaputina Huaynaputina is a stratovolcano located in a volcanic upland in southern Peru. The volcano does not have an identifiable mountain profile, but instead has the form of a large volcanic crater. It has produced high-potassium andesite and dacite... |
4850 | 15,912 | 16.608°S 70.85°W | 1600 |
| Nevado Chachani | 6057 | 19,872 | 16.191°S 71.530°W | Holocene |
| Nevados Casiri | 5650 | 18,537 | 17.47°S 69.813°W | Holocene |
| Nevados Firura | 5498 | 18,038 | 15.23°S 72.63°W | Holocene |
| Picchu-Picchu | 5564 | 18,255 | 16.44°S 71.23°W | |
| Quimsachata | 3923 | 12,871 | 14.20°S 71.33°W | 4450 BC |
| Sabancaya Sabancaya Sabancaya is an active stratovolcano in the Andes of southern Peru, about northwest of Arequipa. It is the most active volcano in Peru and is part of a north-south chain of three major stratovolcanoes, including the extinct and eroded Nevado Hualca Hualca at the northern end, the dormant ... |
5967 | 19,577 | 15.78°S 71.85°W | 2003 |
| Sara Sara | 5522 | 18,117 | 15.33°S 73.45°W | |
| Ticsani | 5408 | 17,743 | 16.755°S 70.595°W | |
| Tutupaca | 5815 | 19,078 | 17.025°S 70.358°W | |
| Ubinas Ubinas Ubinas is Peru's most recently active volcano. Until 2006, this stratovolcano had not erupted for about 40 years.- Description :Ubinas is located in southwestern Peru. The upper slopes of the volcano, composed primarily of Pleistocene andesitic lava flows, steepen to nearly 45 degrees... |
5672 | 18,609 | 16.355°S 70.903°W | 2008 |
| Yucamane | 5550 | 18,208 | 17.18°S 70.20°W | 1902 |