# Lastarria

- **Country:** Chile
- **Coordinates:** -25.166667, -68.516667
- **Age:** Pleistocene-Holocene (900,000 to 2400 years BP)
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Central Andes
- **State:** Antofagasta Region Salta Province
- **Location:** Chile, Argentina
- **State Type:** Region, Province
- **Elevation M:** 5706
- **Last Eruption:** 2460 ± 50/60 years BP
- **Volcanic Belt:** Central Volcanic Zone

Lastarria is a high stratovolcano that lies on the border between Chile and Argentina. It is remote, and the surroundings are uninhabited but can be reached through an unpaved road. The volcano is part of the Central Volcanic Zone, one of the four segments of the volcanic arc of the Andes. Over a thousand volcanoes—of which about 50 are active—lie in this over long chain of volcanoes, which is generated by subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate.

![Photo of Lastarria](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Casualidad_C_10.jpg)

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