# Ampato

- **Country:** Peru
- **Coordinates:** -15.820556, -71.880000
- **Age:** Pleistocene
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Label:** Ampato
- **Range:** Andes
- **Listing:** Ultra
- **Location:** Arequipa, Peru
- **Map Size:** 220
- **Elevation M:** 6288
- **First Ascent:** Inca, pre-Columbian
- **Prominence M:** 1997
- **Easiest Route:** snow / glacier climb
- **Last Eruption:** Unknown
- **Volcanic Belt:** Central Volcanic Zone
- **Label Position:** right

Ampato (possibly from Quechua hamp'atu or from Aymara jamp'atu, both meaning "frog") is a dormant stratovolcano in the Andes of southern Peru. It lies about northwest of Arequipa and is part of a north-south chain that includes the volcanoes Hualca Hualca and Sabancaya, the last of which has been historically active.

![Photo of Ampato](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Ampato023.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampato (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)