Acamarachi
Sign in to save__NOTOC__ Acamarachi (also known as Pili) is a high volcano in northern Chile. In this part of Chile, it is the highest volcano. Its name means "black moon". It is a volcano in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, a zone of strong volcanic activity during the last million years. Old volcanoes in the area are well-preserved, due to the dry climate.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Acamarachi
- Mountain.other_name
- Pili
- Mountain.image
- Acamarachi Volcano.jpg
- Mountain.image_caption
- Acamarachi viewed from the north
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6046
- Mountain.parent_peak
- San Pedro (Chile volcano)
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1608
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra
- Mountain.range
- Andes
- Mountain.location
- Antofagasta Region, Chile
- Mountain.map
- Chile Antofagasta#Chile#Argentina
- Mountain.label_position
- left
- Mountain.map_relief
- 1
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.last_eruption
- Unknown
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 14 March 1939 - Aldo Bonacossa and Remigio Gerard (Italy)
- Mountain.mapframe
- yes
- Mountain.mapframe wikidata
- yes
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__NOTOC__ Acamarachi (also known as Pili) is a high volcano in northern Chile. In this part of Chile, it is the highest volcano. Its name means "black moon". It is a volcano in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, a zone of strong volcanic activity during the last million years. Old volcanoes in the area are well-preserved, due to the dry climate.
Acamarachi itself is a cone-shaped volcano with steep upper flanks and a lava dome on its northern side. While there is no indication of historical activity and the flank lava flows are old, some lava flows around the summit crater and a lava coulee north of Acamarachi on the saddle between Acamarachi and Colachi volcano may be postglacial in age. Acamarachi is formed by andesitic and dacitic rocks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acamarachi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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