El Misti, Arequipa, Peru
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S 16° 22.193 W 071° 32.182
19K E 229059 N 8188458
Misti, also known as Putina or Wawa Putina is a stratovolcano located in southern Peru near the city of Arequipa.
Waymark Code: WMHC8E
Location: Peru
Date Posted: 06/22/2013
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"Misti or El Misti, is visible from this observation lookout over the city of Arequipa popular with tour operators.
With its seasonally snow-capped, symmetrical cone, Misti stands at 5,822 metres (19,101 ft) above sea level and lies between the mountain Chachani (6,075 m or 19,931 ft) and the volcano Pikchu Pikchu (5,669 m or 18,599 ft). Its last eruption was in 1985.
Misti has three concentric craters. In the inner crater fumarole activity can be seen. Near the inner crater six Inca mummies and rare Inca artifacts were found in 1998 during a month-long excavation directed by archaeologists Johan Reinhard and Jose Antonio Chavez. These findings are currently stored at the Museo de Santuarios Andinos in Arequipa.
There are two main climbing routes on the volcano. The Pastores route starts at 3,300 metres (10,800 ft). Usually a camp is made in 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) at Nido de Aguilas. The Aguada Blanca route starts at 4,000 metres (13,100 ft) near the Aguada Blanca reservoir, and a camp is made in 4,800 metres (15,700 ft) at Monte Blanco (the camp is named after Mont Blanc, the summit of which is approximately the same elevation as the camp). Neither climbing routes presents technical difficulties, but both are considered strenuous because of the steep loose sand slopes."
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