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Volcán Pomerape is the northernmost of twin stratovolcanoes forming the Nevados de Payachata along the Chile-Bolivia border.  The 6282-m-high Pomerape lies across a saddle from Parinacota volcano, out of view to the right.  The glacially dissected Pomerape was constructed above a base of dacitic-rhyolitic lava domes.  The dominantly andesitic stratovolcano is capped by dacitic breccias and is of dominantly Pleistocene age. Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile).

Volcán Pomerape is the northernmost of twin stratovolcanoes forming the Nevados de Payachata along the Chile-Bolivia border. The 6282-m-high Pomerape lies across a saddle from Parinacota volcano, out of view to the right. The glacially dissected Pomerape was constructed above a base of dacitic-rhyolitic lava domes. The dominantly andesitic stratovolcano is capped by dacitic breccias and is of dominantly Pleistocene age.

Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile).

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