Huaynaputina, Peru

Stratovolcano · 4,679 m (15,351 ft)

Huaynaputina is a stratovolcano in Peru, 4,679 m (15,351 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1500 to 1699. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 1,500 people where the toll is counted.

Huaynaputina on the map

Huaynaputina 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: 4,679 m (15,351 ft)
Country: Peru
Summit: 16.614° S, 70.854° W
Last known eruption: 1500 to 1699
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 354030

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

February 19, 1600VEI 6 · 1,500 deaths

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.