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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Alpamayo, Ampato, Artesonraju, Ausangate, Callangate, Carhuapunta, Cerro Barroso, Cerro Santa Cruz, Chachani, Chaupi Orco, Chinchey, Chopicalqui, Conocranra, Coropuna, El Misti, Hualca Hualca, Huandoy, Huantsan, Huascaran, Huaynaputina, Huayna Picchu, Jirishanca, List of mountains in Peru, Mount Toromocho, Nevado Copa, Nevado de Huaytapallana, Nevado de Tuco, Nevado Mismi, Nevado Pisco, Palcaraju, Perlilla, Pichu Pichu, Pitusiray, Putucusi, Rasac, Sabancaya, Salcantay, Siula Grande, Ubinas, Yerupaja, Yerupaja Chico, Yucamane. Excerpt: Huaynaputina (from Quechua: , meaning "Young Volcano"; Pronounced: -naw--tee-) is a stratovolcano located in a volcanic upland in southern Peru. The volcano does not have an identifiable mountain profile, but instead has the form of a large volcanic crater. It has produced high-potassium andesite and dacite. On 19 February 1600, it exploded catastrophically (Volcanic Explosivity Index-or VEI-6), in the largest volcanic explosion in South America in historic times. The eruption continued with a series of events into March. An account of the event was included in Fray Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa's Compendio y Descripcion de las Indias, which was translated into English as Compendium and description of the West Indies in 1942. Huaynaputina lies in Southern Peru's Moquegua Region, 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Arequipa. The volcano is part of the Central Volcanic Zone, the segment of the Andes running through Peru and Chile. It is north of at least one more caldera complex with a resurgent dome. Despite the volcano's listed elevation of 4,800 metres (15,748 ft), Huaynaputina has very little prominence, less than 1,000 metres (3,281 ft). The mountain resides within a horseshoe-shaped crater 2.5 kilometres (2 mi) in width, and includes three 100 metres (328 ft) deep cones which formed from ash fallout of the 1600 eruption. Another external vent formed a maar just outside the caldera. Before the Spanish colonization of the Americas, not much is known of the region's history. It is likely natives made human sacrifices ritualistically to the volcano, also sacrificing animals and articles of clothing. Though the Spanish introduced Catholicism and ended the practice of sacrifice, Navarro (1992) maintains that the indigenous people probably related the volcano's eruption to a lack of sacrifice which had angered Supay, god of death. Father Alonso Ruiz of Arequipa predicted a "hit from heaven" in 1599, at which time activity may have begun at the volcano. The subduction of t
