Yucamane

Yucamane
Yucamani
Yucamane (center) and Lake Vilacota (on the right) as seen from above (NASA Landsat7 image)
Highest point
Elevation	5,550 m (18,210 ft)
Coordinates	17°11′0″S 70°12′0″W / 17.18333°S 70.20000°W / -17.18333; -70.20000Coordinates: 17°11′0″S 70°12′0″W / 17.18333°S 70.20000°W / -17.18333; -70.20000
Geography
Yucamane Peru
Location	Peru, Tacna Region
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcanoes
Last eruption	June to November 1902

Yucamane or Yucamani is an andesitic stratovolcano group in southern Peru. It is located in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District, west of lake Vilacota.

The group is mostly Holocene in age. During the Holocene, Yucamane has shown signs of Plinian eruptions which produced pyroclastic flows. The most recent of these events occurred around 1320 BC.

Yucamane is made up of two stratovolcanoes, Yucamane itself which rises to 5,550 m above sea level and Calientes which rises to 5,358 m above sea level. Only Yucamane has a youthful summit crater.

Potential historic eruptions were reported in 1787 and in the 19th and 20th centuries, but these are considered unlikely. The 1787 eruption was probably mistaken for the eruption of neighboring Tutupaca volcano.