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Isluga () is a stratovolcano located in Colchane, west of the Chile-Bolivia border and at the west end of a group of volcanoes lined up in an east-west direction, which also includes the volcanoes Cabaray and Tata Sabaya. Isluga has an elongated summit area and lies within the borders of Volcán Isluga National Park in Chile's Tarapacá Region.

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Mountain.name
Isluga
Mountain.photo
Laguna aravilla - panoramio (2).jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Isluga volcano
Mountain.elevation_m
5550
Mountain.map
Chile
Mountain.location
Colchane, Chile
Mountain.range
Andes
Mountain.type
Stratovolcano
Mountain.age
Holocene
Mountain.last_eruption
1913
Mountain.volcanic_zone
Central Volcanic Zone

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Isluga () is a stratovolcano located in Colchane, west of the Chile-Bolivia border and at the west end of a group of volcanoes lined up in an east-west direction, which also includes the volcanoes Cabaray and Tata Sabaya. Isluga has an elongated summit area and lies within the borders of Volcán Isluga National Park in Chile's Tarapacá Region.

== Geography == Isluga lies in the commune of Colchane, Iquique Province of the Tarapaca Region, Chile. The volcano is part of the Volcán Isluga National Park, which was created in 1985. The volcano can be accessed through the International Route 55. thumb|The broad Isluga volcanic complex is visible in the upper left corner of this Expedition 9 image. Isluga is part of the Andean Volcanic Belt, the volcanic zone on the western side of South America where the Nazca Plate is subducted beneath the South American Plate. Isluga is part of the segment named the Central Volcanic Zone. In the Tarapaca region other volcanoes have been active in the Holocene, such as Guallatiri, Parinacota and Taapaca.

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