Peru · Pyroclastic cone
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Auquihuato, Cerro
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Elevation
- 5001m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Country
- Peru
- Region
- South America / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 5001m
- Coordinates
- -15.073, -73.191
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Minor
- Major rock type
- No data
Geological summary
The Cerro Auquihuato cinder cone lies ~30 km NE of Sara Sara volcano. Along with older cones, it was constructed along the southern rim of an isolated high plateau east of the Río Ocona. The cone fed a lava flow with very prominent levees that traveled southward down a river valley dissecting the margins of the plateau. The Instituto Geofísico del Perú lists it as having undated Holocene activity (as of June 2025).
From Wikipedia
Auquihuato is a cinder cone in the Andes of Peru, 4,980 metres (16,339 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Paucar del Sara Sara Province, on the border of the districts Colta and Oyolo. Auquihuato lies northeast of Sara Sara volcano.
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