Ampato volcano

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Ampato volcano is a dormant stratovolcano in southern Peru’s Andes, notable as the discovery site of the well-preserved Inca mummy known as "Juanita."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dormant volcano
stratovolcano
climateZone high-altitude alpine
climbingActivity mountaineering destination
continent South America
country Peru
countrySubdivision Arequipa Region
surface form: Arequipa Department
discoverySiteOf Ice Maiden of Ampato
Mummy Juanita
discoveryYearOfJuanita 1995
drainageBasin Pacific Ocean watershed
elevation about 20630 ft
about 6288 m
geologicalAge Quaternary period
surface form: Quaternary
geologicalSetting subduction-related volcano
hasCulturalSignificance Inca ritual mountain
hasNearbyArchaeologicalFinds Inca ceremonial sites
Inca offering platforms
hasNearbySettlement Arequipa
hasPhotoSubject snow-covered cone
hazardPotential glacial melt and lahars if reactivated
isPartOf Peruvian Andes
JuanitaDiscoveredBy Johan Reinhard
Miguel Zárate
JuanitaPreservationCause freezing conditions on the summit
languageOfName Quechua
lastEruption Holocene
locatedIn Andes
Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes
southern Peru
locatedOn Western Cordillera of the Andes
surface form: western Cordillera of the Andes
mountainRange Andes
near Hualca Hualca volcano
Sabancaya volcano
notableFor discovery site of the Inca mummy Juanita
partOf Ampato volcano self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ampato volcanic complex
province Caylloma Province
region Arequipa Region
relativeLocation northwest of Arequipa city
status dormant
summitFeature glaciers
ice cap
surfaceFeature lava flows
pyroclastic deposits
steep slopes
volcanicArcOrBelt Andean Volcanic Belt
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Sabancaya volcano near Ampato volcano
subject surface form: Sabancaya
Sabancaya volcano partOf Ampato volcano
subject surface form: Sabancaya
this entity surface form: Ampato-Sabancaya volcanic complex
Caylloma Province contains Ampato volcano
Ampato volcano partOf Ampato volcano self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Ampato
this entity surface form: Ampato volcanic complex