Sabancaya volcano (its name meaning "tongue of fire" in Quechua Indian language) is located in the southern Peruvian Andes and one of Peru's most active volcanoes.
The stratovolcano is covered with several glaciers and located in the saddle between the older stratovolcanoes Ampato (6288 m) and Hualca Hualca (6025 m) and the only one of the group that has erupted in historic times.
Sabancaya belongs to one of South America's volcanoes with the oldest recorded history of eruptions.
Historic records of eruptions from Sabancaya date back to 1750, but its name already appears in written accounts from 1595 AD, suggesting that it had been active around or before that date as well.
stratovolcano 5967 m / 19,577 ft
Peru, -15.78°S / -71.85°W
Current status:
erupting (4 out of 5)
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ReportsSabancaya volcano booksSabancaya volcano eruptions:
2016, 2015, 2014, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1990-95, 1988, 1986, 1784, 1750, <1595(?)
Typical eruption style:explosive and effusive
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Sabancaya volcano news & activity updates:
Sabancaya Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: UNABLE TO DETECT
Sunday May 03, 2020 03:00 AM | BY: VN
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Buenos Aires (VAAC) issued the following report:
FVAG01 at 02:46 UTC, 03/05/20 from SABM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20200503/0250Z
VAAC: BUENOS AIRES
VOLCANO: SABANCAYA 354006
PSN: S1547 W07150
AREA: PERU
SUMMIT ELEV: 19576 FT [5967 M]
ADVISORY NR: 2020/522
INFO SOURCE: GOES-E. GFS. WEBCAM.
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NOT GIVEN
ERUPTION DETAILS: UNABLE TO DETECT
OBS VA DTG: 03/0200Z
OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA
WINDS FL180 145/05KT FL240 315/15KT FL300 330/25KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 03/0800Z NOT AVBL
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 03/1400Z NOT AVBL
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 03/2000Z NOT AVBL
RMK: VA NOT DETECTED IN STLT IMAGERY DUE WX CLDS
COVER. WEBCAM SHOWS INTERMITTENT PUFF EMISSIONS
...SMN
NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20200503/0850Z=
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