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Nevado de Incahuasi

Volcano
Nevado de Incahuasi ("House of the Inca" in Quechua) is a complex stratovolcano on the Chile-Argentina border ENE of Nevados Ojos del Salado volcano. It consists of a 3.5 km wide caldera occupied by 2 younger stratovolcanoes and older lava domes. The youngest stratovolcano has a 1-km-wide crater, and dacitic lava flows radiating down its flanks. A dacitic lava dome partially fills a crater on the eastern flank of Incahuasi. 4 pyroclastic cones are located 7 km to NE and produced basaltic-andesite lava flows that cover an area of 10 sq km. (Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information)
Volcano type stratovolcanoes dormant
Location Izu Islands, Japan, 34.22°N / 139.16°E
Summit elevation 6621 m / 21,722 ft
Nevado de Incahuasi volcano eruptions none in recent times
Typical eruption style explosive

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