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Today's featured article Guallatiri is a stratovolcano in Chile that is 6,060–6,071 m (19,880–19,918 ft) high. It is located southwest of, or possibly within, the Nevados de Quimsachata volcanic group. The summit, surrounded by numerous fumaroles, may be a lava dome or volcanic plug, while the lower flanks of the volcano are covered by lava flows and lava domes. The volcano's eruptions have produced mostly dacite along with andesite and rhyolite. Past glaciation has left moraines on Guallatiri. A large eruption took place approximately 2,600 years ago. Guallatiri has been active since prehistoric times, with the latest known eruption in 1960. Fumarolic and seismic activity is ongoing and has resulted in the deposition of sulfur and other minerals on the volcano. It is covered by an ice cap above 5,500–5,800 m (18,000–19,000 ft) elevation that has retreated and broken up into separate ice bodies. Part of Lauca National Park, Guallatiri is monitored by the Chilean National Geology and Mining Service. (Full article...) Recently featured: Katana Zero Rumours (album) William T. Stearn   East Quoddy Head Light ... that there is an East Quoddy Head Lighthouse (pictured) and a West Quoddy Head Lighthouse on opposite sides of a bay, but one is in Canada and the other is in the United States? ... that Dahiru Musdapher, the 12th chief justice of Nigeria, was once a BBC World Service contributor for West Africa and Hausa? ... that To Catch a Copper hoped to show "an enjoyable journey of officers solving cases", but discovered "a misconduct process that was unfit for purpose in addressing seriously concerning behaviour"? ... that in 1848 Karl Schädler performed the first surgery with chloroform anaesthesia in Liechtenstein? ... that the planned sale of a Texas TV station was the subject of a lawsuit more than seven years after it closed for the last time? ... that Bob Born became known as the "Father of Peeps" for automating the production of an Easter marshmallow treat? ... that food critic Grace Dent reviewed a Liverpool restaurant that served her rice pudding flavoured with a substance that is banned in the United States for its lethality? ... that it took four games for Todd Leslie to set the NCAA Division I record of fifteen consecutive three-point shots made? ... that Young Dirty Bastard rapped despite Ol' Dirty Bastard telling him not to?

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