Qualla: Guallatiri https://qualla.com/guallatiri en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/k/w/z/guallatiri-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Guallatiri https://qualla.com/guallatiri Guallatiri: Introduction https://qualla.com/guallatiri/ Photo credit Robert B. Watts, Jorge Clavero Ribes, R. Stephen J. Sparks "Particular thanks is extended to G. Anabalón for producing the map figures", CC BY 4.0. The plume gives Guallatiri away long before you can see the mountain itself. Visible from more than 125 miles, the fumarole cloud rising from the summit of this 6,060-meter stratovolcano in Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region is so persistent that mountaineers in 1966 reported fire emanating from the vents. The Chipaya people of the Altiplano believed the waters of the Lauca River flowed directly from hell through the volcano. The Aymara, who live closer, took a gentler view: they considered Guallatiri a family of three protective mountain spirits and built their village church to point directly at the peak.

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/k/w/z/guallatiri-wp/6kwz-guallatiri-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Guallatiri: Named for the Flamingos https://qualla.com/guallatiri/ Photo credit Anidaat, CC BY-SA 4.0. The word Guallatiri comes from the Aymara wallatiri, a reference to the flamingos that inhabit the wetlands around the volcano's base. Three species share the territory: the Andean flamingo, the Chilean flamingo, and the rare James's flamingo. They are not alone. Condors ride the...

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/k/w/z/guallatiri-wp/6kwz-guallatiri-named-for-the-flamingos.mp3 0:06 2 full Guallatiri: Fire and Ice in Collision https://qualla.com/guallatiri/ Photo credit Gerard Prins, CC BY-SA 3.0. Above 5,500 meters, Guallatiri wears an ice cap that has been shrinking and fragmenting throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. By recent measurement, the cap covered just 0.796 square kilometers, retreating at a rate of 0.07 square kilometers per year. The fumaroles...

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/k/w/z/guallatiri-wp/6kwz-guallatiri-fire-and-ice-in-collision.mp3 0:06 3 full Guallatiri: Centuries of Restless Earth https://qualla.com/guallatiri/ Photo credit Public domain. Guallatiri is the second-most active volcano in northern Chile, behind only Lascar. Volcanic activity here began somewhere between 710,000 and 130,000 years ago, building the mountain through two major growth phases. The largest Holocene eruption, roughly 2,600 years ago, was a P...

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]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/k/w/z/guallatiri-wp/6kwz-guallatiri-centuries-of-restless-earth.mp3 0:06 4 full Guallatiri: A Family on the Horizon https://qualla.com/guallatiri/ Photo credit Luis Jimenez Caceres, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Aymara community of Guallatire did not see a single mountain. They saw a household. The eastern peak they called Maria Qapurata, the wife. The western peak was Pedro Qapurata, the husband. Between them stood Elena Qapurata, the daughter. Every January 1, the community celebra...

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