Sara Sara (Peru)

Status Normal Eruption Unknown 5522m
Stratovolcano (Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km))

Glacier-covered Sara Sara volcano lying between Laguna Parinacocha and the Río Ocona is the westernmost young volcano in Perú. The 5522-m-high andesitic stratovolcano was the source of youthful-looking lava flows with prominent levees that traveled about 10 km eastward into the Río Ocona valley. Pristine lava flows on the upper slopes of the volcano and ash layers in peat deposits at its base suggest a very young, probably Holocene age.

Glacier-covered Sara Sara volcano lies right of the center of this NASA composite Landsat image (with north to the top). Sara Sara, the westernmost young volcano in Perú, lies between Laguna Parinacocha (left) and the Río Ocona valley (right). The 5522-m-high andesitic stratovolcano was the source of youthful-looking lava flows that traveled about 15 km eastward into the Río Ocona valley.

NASA Landsat7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov)

Last updated 2019-12-16 19:00:04