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Auquihuato, Cerro

Pyroclastic cone · Peru · 5001m

The lava flow down the center of this 3 December 2019 Sentinel-2 satellite image (N is at the top) was erupted from the Cerro Auquihuato scoria cone at its northern terminus. The flow is approximately 10 km long and reaches a thickness of 50 m.
The lava flow down the center of this 3 December 2019 Sentinel-2 satellite image (N is at the top) was erupted from the Cerro Auquihuato scoria cone at its northern terminus. The flow is approximately 10 km long and reaches a thickness of 50 m. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Copernicus Sentinel Data, 2019. · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Peru
Region
South America Volcanic Regions / Central Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
5001m
Coordinates
-15.073, -73.191
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Minor
Major rock type
No Data (checked)
Geological summary

The Cerro Auquihuato cinder cone lies ~30 km NE of Sara Sara volcano. Along with older cones, it was constructed along the southern rim of an isolated high plateau east of the Río Ocona. The cone fed a lava flow with very prominent levees that traveled southward down a river valley dissecting the margins of the plateau. The Instituto Geofísico del Perú lists it as having undated Holocene activity (as of June 2025).

From Wikipedia

Auquihuato is a cinder cone in the Andes of Peru, 4,980 metres (16,339 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Paucar del Sara Sara Province, on the border of the districts Colta and Oyolo. Auquihuato lies northeast of Sara Sara volcano.

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Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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