Volcanoes of Oruro Department

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volcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia

Acotango is the central and highest of a group of stratovolcanoes straddling the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is high. The group is known as Kimsa Chata and consists of three mountains: Acotango, Umurata () north of it and Capurata () south of it.

Pomerape is a stratovolcano lying on the border of northern Chile and Bolivia (Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality). It is part of the Payachata complex of volcanoes, together with Parinacota Volcano to the south. The name "Payachata" means "twins" and refers to their appearance. It hosts glaciers down to elevations of , lower on the northern slope.

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Cabaraya is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It lies between the volcanoes Isluga and Tata Sabaya, immediately east of the border with Chile.

stratovolcano in Bolivia

Payachata or Paya Chata (Aymara pä, paya two, Pukina chata mountain, "two mountains") is a north–south trending complex of potentially active volcanos on the border of Bolivia and Chile, directly north of Chungará Lake. The complex contains two peaks, Pomerape to the north and Parinacota to the south. On the Bolivian side the volcanoes are located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, and on the Chilean side they lie in the Arica y Parinacota Region, Parinacota Province.

group of three mountains on the border of Bolivia and Chile

mountain in Chile

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mountain in Bolivia

Sacabaya (also known as Tambo Quemado) is a pyroclastic shield in Bolivia. It is located on the Altiplano near to the Rio Lauca. The volcano is composed of ignimbrite, which has formed a shield. The shield is capped by an area of vents which has many overlapping craters, and is elongated in shape. At the southern end lies the youngest of the craters which has a lava dome within it.

mountain in Bolivia

mountain on the border of Bolivia and Chile

mountain in Bolivia

Jitiri is a volcano in the Andes, located in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, Cosapa Canton. It is situated south-east of the extinct Sajama volcano, between the volcano Chullkani in the south-west and the village Cosapa in the north-east.

Chullkani (possibly a broken name from Aymara Chullunkhäni ("the one with the icicles"), Hispanicized spelling Chullcani) is a volcano in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. It lies near two lower peaks both named Wayna Chullunkhäni ("young Chullunkhäni"). The eastern one called Wayna Chullunkhäni (Hispanicized Huayna Chulluncani) lies at , and the one northwest of Chullkani, also spelled Huayna Chuluncani, lies at at a creek named Wayna Chullkani (Huayna Chullcani).

Pumiri is a volcano in the Andes that rises above the surrounding terrain. The volcano is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, northwest of the Salar de Coipasa.

Uyarani is a volcano in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, Turco Canton. It lies south-east of the extinct Sajama volcano and the Chullkani volcano and south-west of the Asu Asuni volcanic complex, between the Challwiri River and the Lauca River.