Coropuna
Volcano in Peru
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Coropuna is a dormant compound volcano located in the Andes mountains of southeast-central Peru. The upper reaches of Coropuna consist of several perennially snowbound conical summits, lending it the name Nevado Coropuna in Spanish. Wikipedia
Last eruption: 1,100 ± 100 or 700 ± 200 years ago
Elevation: 20,922′
Mountain range: Andes
Age of rock: Early Pliocene – Holocene; c. 5 Ma – 1 ka
English translation: "Golden mountain", "cold, snowy" or "cut off at the top"
First ascent: possibly prehistoric
Volcanic arc: Central Volcanic Zone