# Lauca

- **Country:** Chile
- **Coordinates:** -18.333333, -69.383333
- **Age:** Miocene-Pliocene
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Altiplano, Andes
- **Language:** Aymara
- **Location:** Putre, Arica y Parinacota Region
- **Map Relief:** 1
- **Elevation M:** 5140
- **Translation:** Aquatic grass
- **Last Eruption:** Pliocene
- **Volcanic Belt:** Central Volcanic Zone

Lauca is a high andesitic stratovolcano in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes on the Altiplano in northern Chile. Administratively it is located in Putre, Arica y Parinacota Region. The volcano was active during the Late Miocene from 10.5 million years ago onwards. A major ignimbrite collapsed the volcano in the Late Pliocene.

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