# Aucanquilcha

- **Country:** Chile
- **Coordinates:** -21.183333, -68.583333
- **Age:** Up to 11 Ma (Late Miocene)
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Andes
- **Geology:** Dacite
- **Map Alt:** Aucanquilcha is located in the northernmost part of Chile
- **Location:** Antofagasta
- **Etymology:** Quechua: Auqa/aukka; "cruel"/"enemy", kichka/khiska; "spine"; "cruel spine"
- **Image Alt:** A flat mountain massif over a plain
- **Other Name:** Aucaquilcha and Auncanquilcha
- **Elevation M:** 6176
- **Parent Peak:** Huascaran
- **Prominence M:** 2145
- **Last Eruption:** 240,000 ± 50,000 years ago (Pleistocene)
- **Pronunciation:** OW-kahn-KEEL-chuh
- **Volcanic Zone:** Central Volcanic Zone

![Photo of Aucanquilcha](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Volc%C3%A1n_Aucanquilcha%2C_Chile%2C_2016-02-10%2C_DD_11.JPG)

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