Earth:Michincha

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Short description: Mountain in Chile
Michincha
Sf-19-3-cerro paruma-bolivia-chile-1999.pdf
Highest point
Elevation5,305 m (17,405 ft)
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] 20°S 68°W / 20°S 68°W / -20; -68
Geography
LocationBolivia-Chile
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano

Michincha is a stratovolcano on the border of Bolivia and Chile . It is part of an east–west trending ridge of stratovolcanoes. To its east lies Olca. The only historical activity from the complex was a flank eruption from 1865 to 1867.

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