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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 of it. The group lies along a north-south alignment. The Acotango volcano is heavily eroded, but a lava flow on its northern flank is morphologically young, suggesting Acotango was active in the Holocene.〔"Acotango Volcano" nd Volcano Discovery http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/acotango.html〕 The volcano is a popular hiking route in the Sajama National Park and Lauca National Park. To climb the summit from the Chilean side is dangerous due to land mines, however it is relatively safe to climb the summit from the Bolivian side.〔Andean Summits 2013 Acotango;One of the triplets http://www.andeansummits.com/content/acotango-one-tripplets〕 The southern ascent starts over a glacier and passes an abandoned copper mine. It is believed that Pedro Rosende, a Chilean explorer, found the remains of firewood at the summit of Acotango. Because of this, it is thought that the mountain might have been one of the high Incan Andean sanctuaries. However, more exploration is needed to verify this information.〔Chiles 6000 nd Volcan Acotango South Face http://www.los6000dechile.cl/pdf/bch_cumbres_03_acotango.pdf〕 ==See also== * K'isi K'isini * Kuntur Ikiña * Salla Qullu * List of volcanoes in Bolivia * List of volcanoes in Chile * List of stratovolcanoes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Acotango」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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