Volcán Acamarachi

Acamarachi, a steep-sided andesitic-dacitic volcano, forms the highest peak in this part of the northern Andes. Also known as Cerro Pili, it is at the SSE end of a small volcanic complex that extends from the neighboring volcano Colachi to the NNW. A large lava dome is located on its N flank. A poorly preserved summit crater and the absence of youthful flank lava flows suggest that the volcano was largely constructed in pre-Holocene times, although the summit lava flows draping the upper cone were considered to be of Holocene age (González-Ferrán, 1995).