Atacazo is a volcano of the Western Cordillera located 25 kilometers southwest of
Quito,
Ecuador
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. Atacazo is a
stratovolcano formed by the action of a Late-Pleistocene to
Holocene
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caldera
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.
The last eruption of the Atacazo was nearly 2300 years ago.
See also
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Lists of volcanoes
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Type
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List of volcanoes in Ecuador
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References
Stratovolcanoes of Ecuador
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
Holocene stratovolcanoes
Pleistocene calderas
Holocene calderas
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