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  Parinacota -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Parinacota is a massive (additional info and facts about stratovolcano) stratovolcano on the border of (A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast) Chile and (A landlocked Republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain) Bolivia.
The other major edifice in that group is the (From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution) Pleistocene peak of (additional info and facts about Pomerape) Pomerape.
Parinacota's last eruptive phase has been dated using the helium surface exposure technique, which ties the eruption to 290AD ± 300 years.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/parinacota.htm   (263 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Parinacota-Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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Parinacota is a province in Tarapacá Region in Chile.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Parinacota_Province   (63 words)

  
 The Highest Lake in the World
Dr. Nathalie Cabrol at NASA Ames is interested in monitoring such areas to study how a new alpine habitat develops.
For example, the volcano Parinacota on the border between Bolivia and Chile is 6,348 meters high (20,827 feet).
It has a spectacular summit crater about 300 meters in diameter.
www.highestlake.com /highest-lake-world.html   (7015 words)

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