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Kimsa Chata or Kimsachata (
Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
and
Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...
''kimsa'' three, Pukina ''chata'' mountain,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca, referring to Alfredo Torero ("Reflexión acerca del pukina escrito por Alfredo Torero ... Pukina '''' - Castellano ''Cerro'' - Palabras relacionadas en aymara ''Qullu''") (English: mountain). ... Existencia de palabras pukinas en Jesús de Machaca: Qullunaka (cerros): ''Kimsa Chata'' "three mountains", Hispanicized ''Quimsa Chata, Quimsachata'') is an -long volcanic complex on a north–south alignment along the border between
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and
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
, overseeing Chungara Lake. It contains three peaks, all
stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
es. The group is formed - from north to south - by
Umurata Umurata is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,717 m (18,757 ft) high, situated in the Cordillera Occidental on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is located in the Arica and Parinacota Region of Chile and in the Oruro Department of Bo ...
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Acotango Acotango is the central and highest of a group of stratovolcanoes straddling the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is high. The group is known as Kimsa Chata and consists of three mountains: Acotango, Umurata () north of it and Capurata () south ...
() and Capurata () (also known as Cerro Elena Capurata). The active volcano
Guallatiri Guallatiri is a high volcano in Chile. It is located southwest of the Nevados de Quimsachata volcanic group and is sometimes considered to be part of that group. It is a stratovolcano with numerous fumaroles around the summit. The summit may b ...
(Wallatiri) west of Capurata is not part of the group.


See also

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List of volcanoes in Bolivia The country of Bolivia hosts numerous activeIn vulcanology and this article active volcanoes are those with Holocene eruption, that means eruptions in the last 10,000 years. and extinct volcanoes across its territory. The active volcanoes are i ...
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List of volcanoes in Chile The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program lists 105 volcanoes in Chile that have been active during the Holocene.Kuntur Ikiña


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* Stratovolcanoes of Chile Complex volcanoes Volcanoes of Oruro Department Volcanoes of Arica y Parinacota Region Glaciers of Bolivia International mountains of South America Bolivia–Chile border {{AricaParinacota-geo-stub