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Wallatiri (Aymara hispanicized spellings Guallatiri Guallatire) is one of the most active volcanoes in northern Chile. It is just west of the border with Bolivia and at the southwestern end of the Nevados de Quimsachata. It is a symmetrical 6071 m (19918 feet = 3.7723 miles) high ice-clad stratovolcano. Wallatiri is capped by a central dacitic dome or lava complex with the active vent at its southern side.The volcano featured in the Bolivia Special episode of the British TV Show Top Gear.

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