El Misti

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El Misti is a prominent stratovolcano overlooking the city of Arequipa in southern Peru, known for its symmetrical cone and cultural significance.

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Label Occurrences
El Misti canonical 5

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
cityAtFoot Arequipa
climbingSeason May to November
country Peru
dominatesLandscapeOf Arequipa
surface form: Arequipa metropolitan area
elevation 5822 m
about 19101 ft
eruptionStyle explosive
geologicalSetting subduction zone volcano
hasArchaeologicalSites yes
hasFumarolicActivity yes
hasGlacialFeatures limited or seasonal snow cover
hasHumanSettlementsOnFlanks yes
hasQuechuaName Misti
hasSummitCrater yes
hazardTo Arequipa
isCulturalSymbolOf Arequipa
Arequipa Region
languageOfName Spanish
lastEruptionCentury 15th century
lastKnownEruptiveActivity 15th century
latitude approximately 16.3° S
locatedIn Arequipa Region
locatedNear Arequipa
locatedOnContinent South America
longitude approximately 71.4° W
monitoringAgency Instituto Geofísico del Perú
mountainRange Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes
nameMeaning the gentleman or the man (in local usage)
nearbyVolcano Chachani
Pichu Pichu
notableFeature prominent conical profile
visible from most of Arequipa
overlooks Arequipa
surface form: city of Arequipa
partOf Central Andes
region Southern Peru
surface form: southern Peru
riskCategory high-risk volcano
summitCraterType central crater
symmetry nearly symmetrical cone
tectonicPlateSetting Nazca Plate subducting beneath South American Plate
tourism popular mountaineering destination
volcanicArcOrBelt Andean Volcanic Belt
volcanoType stratovolcano

Referenced by (5)

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Andean Volcanic Belt contains El Misti
Misti hasSpanishName El Misti
Misti volcano alsoKnownAs El Misti
subject surface form: Misti
Guagua Putina alsoKnownAs El Misti