Purupuruni

Purupuruni
Purupurini
Purupuruni Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,315 m (17,438 ft)[1]
Coordinates	17°19′S 69°54′W / 17.32°S 69.9°W / -17.32; -69.9[1]
Geography
Location	Peru, Tacna Region
Parent range	Andes
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene

Purupuruni is a group of lava domes in southern Peru and a correlative geological formation. They are among the many volcanoes that exist in Peru and whose activity has been associated with the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South America Plate. Purupuruni is associated with a geothermal field and a caldera. Volcanic activity occurred during the Pleistocene 53,000 ± 8,000 years ago but also during the Holocene about 5,300 ± 1,100 years ago; today the volcano is considered to be a low hazard volcano but is being monitored nevertheless.