Volcanoes of Peru

El Misti, Peru

Stratovolcano · 5,822 m (19,101 ft)

El Misti is a stratovolcano in Peru, 5,822 m (19,101 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1700 to 1799. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

El Misti on the map

El Misti and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

  • Since 1964
  • 1900 to 1963
  • 1800s
  • AD 1 to 1799
  • Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
5,822 m (19,101 ft)
Country
Peru
Summit
16.294° S, 71.409° W
Last known eruption
1700 to 1799
Holocene activity known from
Historical
Smithsonian volcano number
354010

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.