The country of Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

 hosts numerous activeIn vulcanology and this article active volcanoes are those with Holocene

Holocene

The Holocene is a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene and continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Quaternary period. Its name comes from the Greek words and , meaning "entirely recent"...

 eruption, that means eruptions in the last 10,000 years. and extinct volcanoes across its territory. The active volcanoes are located in western Bolivia making up the Cordillera Occidetal, the western limit of the Altiplano

Altiplano

The Altiplano , in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet...

 plateau. Many of the active volcanoes are international mountains shared with Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. All Cenozoic

Cenozoic

The Cenozoic era is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras and covers the period from 65.5 mya to the present. The era began in the wake of the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous that saw the demise of the last non-avian dinosaurs and...

 volcanoes of Bolivia are part of the Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) of the Andean Volcanic Belt

Andean Volcanic Belt

The Andean Volcanic Belt is a major volcanic belt along the Andean cordillera in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina. It formed as a result of subduction of the Nazca Plate and Antarctic Plate underneath the South American Plate. The belt is subdivided into four main volcanic...

 that results due to processes involved in the subduction

Subduction

In geology, subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate, sinking into the Earth's mantle, as the plates converge. These 3D regions of mantle downwellings are known as "Subduction Zones"...

 of Nazca Plate

Nazca Plate

]The Nazca Plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America. The ongoing subduction along the Peru-Chile Trench of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate is largely responsible for the...

 under the South American Plate

South American Plate

The South American Plate is a continental tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America and also a sizeable region of the Atlantic Ocean seabed extending eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge....

. The Central Volcanic Zone is a major upper Cenozoic

Cenozoic

The Cenozoic era is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras and covers the period from 65.5 mya to the present. The era began in the wake of the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous that saw the demise of the last non-avian dinosaurs and...

 volcanic province.
Apart from Andean volcanoes the geology of Bolivia

Geology of Bolivia

The geology of Bolivia compromises a variety of different lithologies as well as tectonic and sedimentary environments. On a synoptic scale, geological units coincide with topographical units, to begin the country is divided into a mountainous western area affected by the subduction processes in...

 host the remants of ancient volcanoes around the Precambrian

Precambrian

The Precambrian is the name which describes the large span of time in Earth's history before the current Phanerozoic Eon, and is a Supereon divided into several eons of the geologic time scale...

 Guaporé Shield in the eastern part of the country.

Name	Elevation (m)	Elevation (ft)	Coordinates	Last eruption (VEI)
Acotango Acotango Volcán Acotango - is the central and highest of a group of stratovolcanoes straddling the border of Bolivia and Chile. The group is known as Nevados de Quimsachata and consists, apart of Acotango, of Volcán Humarata - to its north and Cerro Capurata - on its south.The group lies along a...	6052	19,855	18°22′56"S 69°02′52"W	Holocene
Anallajsi Nevado Anallajsi Nevado Anallajsi is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. The date of its last eruption is unknown, but its youngest lava flows appear to have erupted from a vent on the north flank of the mountain. The main composition of the volcano is andesitic and dacitic. It overlies a plateau which is composed of...	5750	18,865	17°55′37"S 68°54′33"W	Holocene?
Capurata Cerro Capurata Cerro Capurata is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It has a height of 5990 metres.-See also:*List of mountains in the Andes...	5990	19,652	18°24′54"S 69°02′45"W
Chiar Kkollu	4051	13,290	19°43′28"S 67°39′16"W
Colluma Cerro Columa Cerro Columa, or Cerro Colluma, is a maar in Bolivia. It lies north-east of Huachacalla. Its last eruption date is unknown, although some have assigned it as Holocene....	3876	12,716	18°30′00"S 68°05′11"W	Unknown
Escala Escala Escala is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...	4000	13,120	21°36′00"S 66°52′29"W	Holocene
Guayaques Guayaques The 10-km-long Cerros de Guayaques chain of N-S-trending rhyodacitic lava domes runs across the Chile-Bolivia border about 10 km. east of the Cerro Toco - Purico Complex....	5598	18,366	22°53′51"S 67°33′59"W
Humarata	5710	18,733	18°21′20"S 69°02′59"W
Irruputuncu Irruputuncu Irruputuncu is a stratovolcano which lies on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It is a relatively small peak, lying within the collapse scarp of a debris avalanche from earlier in the Holocene, which was built up by eruptions to fill much of that feature. There are two craters lying at the summit,...	5163	16,939	20°43′51"S 68°33′09"W	1995
Jayu Khota	3716	12,026	19°27′55"S 67°25′34"W	Holocene?
Jorcada	5650	18,865	22°01′34"S 67°45′52"W
Larancagua Macizo de Larancagua Macizo de Larancagua is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It lies west of Turco and is composed of andesite and dacite. The date of its last eruptive episode is unclear, but some authors have assigned it as Holocene....	5020	18,110	18°13′50"S 68°32′22"W	Holocene?
Licancabur Licancabur Licancabur is a highly symmetrical stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between Chile and Bolivia. It is located just southwest of Laguna Verde in Bolivia. The volcano dominates the landscape of the Salar de Atacama area...	5415 in Bolivian part	17,717 in Bolivian part	22°49′41"S 67°52′35"W	Holocene
Lípez Cerro Lípez Cerro Lípez is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in Sud Lípez province of Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,929 m. On some maps it is incorrectly labeled as Nuevo Mundo. Nuevo Mundo is in fact hundreds of kilometres to the northeast and five...	5929	19,447	21°56′35"S 66°51′41"W
Minchincha Cerro Minchincha Cerro Minchincha is a stratovolcano on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is part of an east-west trending ridge of stratovolcanoes. To its east lies Olca. The only historical activity from the complex was a flank eruption from 1865-1867....	5248	17,218	20°56′16"S 68°30′09"W	Holocene
Moiro (or: Cerro Negro)	4269	13,943	21°41′03"S 67°28′01"W	Holocene ?
Nuevo Mundo Nuevo Mundo volcano The Nuevo Mundo volcano is a stratovolcano, lava dome and a lava flow complex between Potosí and Uyuni, Bolivia, in the Andes rising to a peak at .-History:...	5438	17,841	19°46′27"S 66°28′42"W	Holocene
Olca Olca Olca is a stratovolcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It lies in the middle of a 15 km long ridge composed of several stratovolcanos. Cerro Minchincha lies to the west and Paruma to the east. It is also close to the pre-Holocene Cerro Paruma. It is andesitic and dacitic in composition,...	5353	17,562	20°56′38"S 68°28′33"W	Holocene
Ollagüe Ollagüe Ollagüe is a massive andesite stratovolcano in the Andes on the border between Bolivia and Chile. It is located southeast of the village that shares its name....	5863	19,231	21°18′07"S 68°10′45"W	Pleistocene
Pacuni Macizo de Pacuni Macizo de Pacuni is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. Its composition is andesitic and dacitic, and its last eruption date is unknown, although the volcano is possibly Holocene....	5400	17,716	18°18′36"S 68°50′24"W	Holocene ?
Pampa Luxsar	5543	18,185	20°50′55"S 68°11′54"W	Holocene
Parinacota	6348	20,827	18°09′58"S 69°08′33"W	290 AD ± 300 years
Cerro Paruma	5420	17,782	20°56′36"S 68°27′32"W	Pleistocene
Volcán Paruma	5310	17,421	20°56′36"S 68°27′32"W	1867
Patilla Pata Patilla Pata Patilla Pata is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. The date of its last eruption is unclear, but it is unlikely to be during the Holocene as the mountain is heavily glaciated. The composition of the volcano is largely andesitic, but there are also a number of basaltic lava flows....	5700	18,700	18°02′29"S 69°04′30"W	Holocene
Pomerape Pomerape Pomerape is a stratovolcano lying on the border of Chile and Bolivia . It is part of the Nevados de Payachata complex of volcanoes together with Parinacota Volcano to the south. It is of Pleistocene age.Climbing the volcano is alpine AD grade, sometimes on 50+ degree snow/rubble slope...	6282	20,413	18°07′33"S 69°07′39"W	Pleistocene
Quetena	5730	18,794	22°15′33"S 67°24′56"W	Holocene ?
Sacabaya Sacabaya Sacabaya is a pyroclastic shield in Bolivia. It is located on the Altiplano near to the Rio Lauca. The volcano is composed of ignimbrite, which has formed a shield. The shield is capped by an area of vents which has many overlapping craters, and is elongated in shape. At the southern end lies the...  (or:Quemado)	4300	14,107	18°37′32"S 68°44′55"W	Holocene ?
Sairecabur Sairecabur The Sairécabur volcanic group is a volcanic chain directly south of the Putana Volcano, on the border between Bolivia and Chile. It contains at least 10 postglacial centers, the highest of which is Cerro Sairécabur at...	5971	19,584	22°43′06"S 67°53′26"W	Holocene
Sajama Nevado Sajama Nevado Sajama is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. The mountain is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton. It is situated in the Sajama National Park in the southwest area of the country some 16–24 km from...	6542	21,451	18°06′14"S 68°52′53"W	Holocene
San Agustín	4357	14,294	21°13′04"S 67°36′24"W	Holocene ?
Santa Isabel	5240	17,191	21°38′26"S 66°31′40"W	Holocene
Tata Sabaya Tata Sabaya Tata Sabaya is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It is located at the northern end of the Salar de Coipasa, which lies in the Altiplano. It also lies at eastern end of a line of volcanoes starting with Isluga in the west, and continuing with Cabaray. Its last eruption date is unknown, but it is assigned...	5430	17,815	19°07′58"S 68°31′31"W	Holocene
Tocorpuri	5808	19,055	22°25′33"S 67°54′38"W	Holocene
Tunupa	5432	17,821	19°49′52"S 67°38′33"W	-
Uturuncu Uturuncu Uturuncu, or Uturunku, the highest summit in southwestern Bolivia, is a stratovolcano. The volcano produced lava between 890,000 and 271,000 years ago, with younger lavas found at higher altitudes...	6008	19,711	22°15′07"S 67°11′12"W	Holocene
Yumia	4350	14,271	21°28′59"S 67°32′06"W	Holocene
Zapaleri Zapaleri Cerro Zapaleri is an extint volcano whose summit is the tripoint of the borders of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. It is part of Potosí Department , Jujuy Province , and Antofagasta Region ....	5653	18,546	22°48′30"S 67°10′40"W	-