Cerro Cariquima

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Cerro Cariquima is a {{convert|5365|m}} high volcano in the Andes. It is a sacred mountain of the territory, featuring a mountain sanctuary.

The edifice presently has a volume of {{convert|36|km3}} and based on erosion an age of 4.6 million years has been inferred. The true age of the volcano is unclear; it has a youthful appearance and a cone on the northeast flank was recorded as being active in the last 2000 years, but the appearance of the volcano is similar to other Pliocene volcanoes and no evidence of young volcanism is visible. Cariquima is located within the Pica gap which lacks young volcanism.

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{{cite journal|last1=Karátson|first1=D.|last2=Telbisz|first2=T.|last3=Wörner|first3=G.|title=Erosion rates and erosion patterns of Neogene to Quaternary stratovolcanoes in the Western Cordillera of the Central Andes: An SRTM DEM based analysis|journal=Geomorphology|date=February 2012|volume=139-140|pages=122–135|doi=10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.010|bibcode=2012Geomo.139..122K }}

{{cite journal|last1=Wörner|first1=Gerhard|last2=Hammerschmidt|first2=Konrad|last3=Henjes-Kunst|first3=Friedhelm|last4=Lezaun|first4=Judith|last5=Wilke|first5=Hans|title=Geochronology (40Ar/39Ar, K-Ar and He-exposure ages) of Cenozoic magmatic rocks from Northern Chile (18-22°S): implications for magmatism and tectonic evolution of the central Andes|journal=Revista Geológica de Chile|date=December 2000|volume=27|issue=2|url=http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-02082000000200004|accessdate=24 November 2015|issn=0716-0208}}

{{cite book|author=Thomas Besom|title=Inka Human Sacrifice and Mountain Worship: Strategies for Empire Unification|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6e24xXk7U4C&pg=PP2|date=15 April 2013|publisher=UNM Press|isbn=978-0-8263-5308-5|page=11}}

{{cite journal|last1=Reinhard|first1=Johan|title=A High Altitude Archaeological Survey in Northern Chile|journal=Chungará (Arica)|date=January 2002|volume=34|issue=1|doi=10.4067/S0717-73562002000100005|doi-access=free}}

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Category:Volcanoes of Tarapacá Region

Category:Stratovolcanoes of Chile