Nevado Mismi
Mismi is a 5,597-metre mountain peak of volcanic origin in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. A glacial stream on the Mismi was identified as the most distant source of the Amazon River in 1996; this finding was confirmed in 2001 and again in 2007.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cronenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,597 metres
- Description: mountain peak of volcanic origin in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru
- Also known as: “Mismi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ajo Colluna and Colquere.
Ajo Colluna
Peak
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Ajo Colluna is a 5,255-metre-high mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts of Lari and Tuti. It lies northeast of Quehuisha and Mismi.
Colquere
Peak
Photo: Cronenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colquere is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Ichupampa and Coporaque.
Nevado Mismi
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, and landform
- Location: Ichupampa District, Caylloma Province, Arequipa, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.51937° or 15° 31′ 10″ southLongitude
-71.68494° or 71° 41′ 6″ westElevation
5,597 metres (18,363 feet)Open location code
57PCF8J8+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 467481063OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Nevado Mismi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Nevado Mismi” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Mismi”
- Bengali: “মিসমি”
- Bulgarian: “Невадо Мисми”
- Catalan: “Nevado Mismi”
- Cebuano: “Nevado Mismi”
- Chinese: “密斯米雪山”
- Czech: “Mismi”
- Czech: “Nevado Mismi”
- Dutch: “Nevado Mismi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل نيڤادو ميسمى”
- Esperanto: “Nevado Mismi”
- French: “Nevado Mismi”
- German: “Nevado Mismi”
- Hebrew: “מיסמי”
- Hebrew: “נבאדו מיסמי”
- Indonesian: “Nevado Mismi”
- Italian: “Nevado Mismi”
- Japanese: “ミスミ山”
- Ladin: “Nevado Mismi”
- Lithuanian: “Mismi”
- Malayalam: “മിസ്മി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nevado Mismi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mismi”
- Norwegian: “Nevado Mismi”
- Polish: “Mismi”
- Polish: “Nevado Mismi”
- Portuguese: “Nevado Mismi”
- Quechua: “Mismi”
- Quechua: “Misti”
- Romanian: “Nevado Mismi”
- Russian: “Мисми”
- Slovak: “Mismi”
- Slovenian: “Nevado Mismi”
- Spanish: “Mismi”
- Spanish: “Nevado Mismi”
- Swahili: “Nevado Mismi”
- Swedish: “Mismi”
- Venetian: “Nevado Mismi”
- Waray (Philippines): “Nevado Mismi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Quimsachata and Pichuyhuanta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nascente Rio Amazonas and Quehuisha.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nevado Mismi”. Photo: Cronenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.