List of volcanoes in Peru
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

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Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Andahua Valley  4713 15,462 15.42°S 72.33°W Holocene
Cerro Auquihuato  4980 16,338 15.07°S 73.18°W
Coropuna
Coropuna
Nevado Coropuna is the largest and highest volcano in Peru, attaining an elevation of . It is located about northwest of Arequipa, the second largest city in Peru....

 
6377 20,922 15.52°S 72.65°W Holocene
El Misti
El Misti
El Misti, also known as Guagua-Putinais a stratovolcano located in southern Peru near the city of Arequipa. With its seasonally snow-capped, symmetrical cone, El Misti stands at above sea level and lies between the mountain Chachani and the volcano Pichu-Pichu . Its last eruption was in...

 
5822 19,101 16.294°S 71.409°W 1784
Huaynaputina
Huaynaputina
Huaynaputina is a stratovolcano located in a volcanic upland in southern Peru. The volcano does not have an identifiable mountain profile, but instead has the form of a large volcanic crater. It has produced high-potassium andesite and dacite...

 
4850 15,912 16.608°S 70.85°W 1600
Nevado Chachani  6057 19,872 16.191°S 71.530°W Holocene
Nevados Casiri  5650 18,537 17.47°S 69.813°W Holocene
Nevados Firura  5498 18,038 15.23°S 72.63°W Holocene
Picchu-Picchu  5564 18,255 16.44°S 71.23°W
Quimsachata  3923 12,871 14.20°S 71.33°W 4450 BC
Sabancaya
Sabancaya
Sabancaya is an active stratovolcano in the Andes of southern Peru, about northwest of Arequipa. It is the most active volcano in Peru and is part of a north-south chain of three major stratovolcanoes, including the extinct and eroded Nevado Hualca Hualca at the northern end, the dormant ...

 
5967 19,577 15.78°S 71.85°W 2003
Sara Sara  5522 18,117 15.33°S 73.45°W
Ticsani  5408 17,743 16.755°S 70.595°W
Tutupaca  5815 19,078 17.025°S 70.358°W
Ubinas
Ubinas
Ubinas is Peru's most recently active volcano. Until 2006, this stratovolcano had not erupted for about 40 years.- Description :Ubinas is located in southwestern Peru. The upper slopes of the volcano, composed primarily of Pleistocene andesitic lava flows, steepen to nearly 45 degrees...

 
5672 18,609 16.355°S 70.903°W 2008
Yucamane 5550 18,208 17.18°S 70.20°W 1902
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