El Misti volcano

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El Misti volcano is a prominent stratovolcano overlooking the city of Arequipa in southern Peru, known for its symmetrical cone and historical eruptions within the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
accessPoint Arequipa
surface form: city of Arequipa
alsoKnownAs Guagua Putina
country Peru
elevation about 19094 ft
about 5820 m
formationProcess subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate
geologicalAge Quaternary period
surface form: Quaternary
hasActivityStyle ash falls
explosive eruptions
pyroclastic flows
hasCrater summit crater
hasCulturalSignificance regional symbol of Arequipa
hasDeposits tephra layers around Arequipa
hasEruptionHistory Holocene eruptions
hasFeature symmetrical cone
hasGlacialFeatures remnant glacial landforms
hasRockType andesite
dacite
hasSummit often snow-covered
hazardLevel potentially active
languageOfName Quechua
lastEruption 19th century
locatedIn Arequipa Region
Andes
surface form: Central Andes

Southern Peru
surface form: southern Peru
locatedOn western margin of the Altiplano
monitoredBy Instituto Geofísico del Perú
mountainRange Andes
nameMeaning the gentleman or the lord (honorific)
near Chili River valley
Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve
overlooks Arequipa
surface form: city of Arequipa
partOf Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes
riskTo Arequipa urban area
riskType ashfall on Arequipa
lahars
pyroclastic density currents
summitElevationRank one of the highest peaks near Arequipa
tourism popular mountaineering destination
visibleFrom Arequipa
surface form: Arequipa metropolitan area
volcanoType andesitic stratovolcano

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