# Quimsachata

- **Country:** Peru
- **Coordinates:** -14.200000, -71.330000
- **Age:** 4450 BCE
- **Type:** Volcano
- **Range:** Andes
- **Location:** Cusco Region
- **Map Size:** 240
- **Elevation M:** 3923

Quimsachata was formed by a scoria cone and a lava field, next to the Vilcanota valley. It erupted about 11,500 years ago. Oroscocha is a dome with two associated lava flows that reach thicknesses of . The volcano covers a surface area of . Oroscocha was erupted from a fissure about 4450 BCE, and the flow modified the course of the Vilcanota river.

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