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El Misti (5,822 m) is a stratovolcano located in southern Peru near the city of Arequipa. This city, second largest in the country, lies at the foot of El Misti in a fertile valley located 2,400 m above sea level. El Misti (the mistful one) has become the city's enduring symbol. Most of the city's colonial buildings were constructed from El Misti's white volcanic stone (sillar). The volcano's last eruption was in 1784[1]. ImageMetadata File history File links El_misti. ...
A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ...
See other Peruvian regions President Daniel Vera Capital Arequipa Area 63,345. ...
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The Andes between Chile and Argentina Planes view of the Andes, Peru. ...
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Nickname: La Ciudad Blanca (The White City) Location of the city of Arequipa in Peru Coordinates: Country Peru Region Arequipa Province Arequipa Established 15 August 1540 Government - Mayor Yamel Romero Peralta Area - City 9,862. ...
A man carving whitish volcanic stone from El Misti in Arequipa Sillar is a whitish volcanic stone from which many colonial buildings in the city of Arequipa, Peru, are made from. ...
With its snow-capped, perfect cone, El Misti stands at 5,822 m and lies between the mountain Chachani (6,075 m) and the volcano Pichu-Pichu (5,669 m). These impressive mountains, located northeast of Arequipa, are visible almost year-round, but especially during winter (May-September). Nevado Chachani is the highest of the volcanoes near the city of Arequipa in southern Peru. ...
El Misti has three concentric craters. In the inner crater fumarole activity can be seen. Near the inner crater six Inca mummies and rare Inca artifacts were found in 1998 during a month-long excavation directed by the archaeologists Johan Reinhard and Jose Antonio Chavez. The finds are currently stored in the Museo de Santuarios Andinos in Arequipa. Sulfur deposits near a fumarole A fumarole (Latin fumus, smoke) is an opening in Earths (or any other astronomical bodys) crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emit steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen sulfide. ...
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A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or airlessness. ...
There are two main climbing routes on the volcano. The Pastores route, which is more used, as its starting point is nearer to the city of Arequipa, starts in 3,300 m. Usually a camp is made in 4,500 m at Nido de Aguilas. The second route, the Aguada Blanca route, starts at 4,000 m near the Aguada Blanca reservoir and a camp is made in 4,800 m at Monte Blanco (the name of the camp comes from the fact that it has more or less the height as the summit of Mont Blanc). Neither climbing routes presents technical difficulties but both are considered strenuous because of the steep loose sand slopes. This article is about the Alpine mountain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1001 KB) Summary View of the volcano El Misti from Rodriguez Ballon International Airport in Arequipa, Peru. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1001 KB) Summary View of the volcano El Misti from Rodriguez Ballon International Airport in Arequipa, Peru. ...
El Misti as seen from the airport. ...
References
- ^ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1504-01= Global Volcanism Program
Reinhard, Johan The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes. 2005, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
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