Llullaillaco Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Llullaillaco
Llullaillaco from the east
Highest point
Elevation	6,723 or 6,739 m (22,057 or 22,110 ft)
Prominence	2,344 m (7,690 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Geography
Llullaillaco Location in Chile
Location	Chile and Argentina
Parent range	Andes, Puna de Atacama
Geology
Age of rock	Pleistocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	May 1877
Climbing
First ascent	1950, but previous climbs by Inka

Llullaillaco is a 6,739 metres (22,110 ft) stratovolcano in the Andes range, in Argentina and Chile. It is the 7th highest mountain in the Andes.

It lies in the Puna de Atacama, a region of very high volcanic peaks on a high plateau within the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places in the world.

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History

The first recorded ascent was on 1 December 1952, by Bión González and Juan Harseim, from Chile. They found archaeological evidence that people were at the top of Llullaillaco in the pre-Columbian period.

During 1983–1985, American archaeologist Johan Reinhard directed three surveys of archaeological sites on the summit and slopes of the mountain.

The summit is the highest archaeological site in the world. The mummies of three Inca children were found on it in 1999. These were found by Johan Reinhard and Constanza Ceruti and their expedition. Other artifacts were also found along with the mummies.

Geography

The volcano is in the Chile-Argentina boder and is part, on the Chilean part, of the Llullaillaco National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Llullaillaco).

The Llullaillaco is a stratovolcano. There were eruptions in 1854, 1866 and 1877. Since then, no volcanic activity has been recorded. It is the world´s second highest active volcano, second to Ojos del Salado.

It is an ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, because it has as a summit with a topographic prominence of 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) or more.