Incahuasi

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/incahuasi

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1. How high is Incahuasi?6,621 meters (21,722 feet) above sea level
2. How big is Incahuasi?Approximately 10 square kilometers (4 sq mi)
3. What is the location?Border of Catamarca Province, Argentina and Atacama Region, Chile
4. What is the primary volcanic structure?Stratovolcano with a 3.5 km wide caldera

Stratovolcano: A large, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash.
Caldera: A large, cauldron-like depression that forms when a volcano collapses into its emptied magma chamber.
Pyroclastic Cones: Conical hills formed by the accumulation of ejected volcanic fragments (tephra) around a volcanic vent.
Basalt-Andesite: An intermediate volcanic rock type, chemically between basalt and andesite, often associated with subduction zone volcanism.