Macizo de Larancagua

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Macizo de Larancagua
Elevation	5,520 metres (18,110 ft)
Location	Bolivia
Range	Andes
Coordinates	18°15′0″S 63°32′0″W / -18.25, -63.53333Coordinates: 18°15′0″S 63°32′0″W / -18.25, -63.53333
Type	Stratovolcano

Macizo de Larancagua is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It lies west of Turco and is composed of andesite and dacite. The date of its last eruptive episode is unclear, but some authors have assigned it as Holocene.

[edit] Sources

• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).