El Misti

El Misti
  • Location: El Misti, Arequipa, Peru
  • Date Taken (dd-mm-yy): Late 2005

El Misti as seen from the roof terrace of the Arequipa Airport. El Misti is an andesitic stratovolcano with nested craters at the summit and rest on top of an older, pleistocene volcano that experienced caldera collaps about 50,000 years ago. Additional info: Global Volcanism Programme of the Smithsonian