Kimsachata-Oroscocha, Peru

Stratovolcano · 3,848 m (12,625 ft)

Kimsachata-Oroscocha is a stratovolcano in Peru, 3,848 m (12,625 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Kimsachata-Oroscocha on the map

Kimsachata-Oroscocha 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: 3,848 m (12,625 ft)
Country: Peru
Summit: 14.131° S, 71.363° W
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 354000

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.