House with the ithe Nevados de Payachata: Pomerape y Parinacota in the backgound. Sajama National Park, Bolivia, South America

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Sajama National Park is a national park located in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. It borders Lauca National Park in Chile. The park features spectacular Andean landscape, with elevations ranging from 4,200 to 6,542 m. It contains the snowy cone of Nevado Sajama, the highest mountain in Bolivia. The park also includes the Nevados de Payachata. On July 1st, 2003, it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List due to its universal cultural and natural significance. Nevados de Payachata is a north-south trending complex of volcanos on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It contains two peaks, Pomerape to the north and Parinacota to the south. Parinacota is dormant, having erupted within the last 2000 years, and Pomerape is of Pleistocene age.

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Location: Sajama National Park, Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Photo credit: © Joam Boam / Alamy / Afripics
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