Auquihuato (possibly from Quechua, awki: prince, watu: prediction, fortuneteller)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): awki. - s. Príncipe. Hijo de un ser superior o de un rey. watu. - s. Cordón. Cuerda delgada. watuq, wamuni, umu.. - s. Adivino. Persona que adivina. || fig. Hechicero, brujo. Layqa.Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: awki - s. Mit. En la mitología inkaica y la actual andina, man o espíritu protector, personaje mítico que habita en las altas cumbres, ser protector encamado en los montes, el alma de los cerros elevados. Generalmente se usa en plural: awkikuna, espíritus protectores. SINÓN: apucha, machula. || Príncipe, hijo del Inka. || Abuelo. watu - - s. Augurio, pronóstico, predicción, vaticinio, presagio. Ec: huatu. || Cordón, pita, cuerda, hilo retorcido. || Cinturón, correa. is a cinder cone in the Andes of Peru, high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Paucar del Sara Sara Province, on the border of the districts Colta and Oyolo.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL Map of the Paucar del Sara Sara Province (Ayacucho Region) Auquihuato lies northeast of Sara Sara volcano.
Geology Context Auquihuato is surrounded by a Pliocene volcanic plateau, the cone formed on the plateau's southern margin. Sara Sara lies southwest, and Firura lies farther east. Auquihuato lies east of the main volcanic arc and is aligned with several other volcanic centres in a northwest-southeast line.
Volcano Auquihuato is high and a lava flow extends southward from the cone, reaching a length of . The lava flow has a pahoehoe texture and a thickness of . It has well developed levees.
Activity The stratovolcano developed during the Pleistocene and Holocene. The noticeable lava flow is of Holocene age but no radiometric dating is available and no historical eruptions are known. The Geophysical Institute of Peru began to monitor the geodesy of the system in 2019 and it is considered a low-hazard volcano.
Ground deformation has been observed by InSAR observation, centered southeast of Auquihuato and with a circular shape. The ground deformation may be caused by changes in the pressure within the volcano's magma system, at depths probably exceeding , but an origin in a hydrothermal system is also possible. Volcano-tectonic earthquakes have been recorded.
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