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Llullaillaco

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Llullaillaco (y'yīyä`kō), extinct volcano, 22,057 ft (6,723 m) high, on the border of Chile and Argentina. One of the highest peaks in the Andes and perpetually snowcapped, it overlooks a pass used for rail and highway traffic between Chile and Argentina.
Llullaillaco 

a volcano in South America, in the south central Andes, on the border between Chile and Argentina. Elevation, 6,723 m. The volcano is snow-covered. It emitted smoke in 1854.
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Known as La Doncella ("the maiden"), she was found in 1999 at the summit of Argentina's Mount Llullaillaco.
This mummy by New York Times Upfront
Like other children found on some of the highest peaks of the Andes, the mummy nicknamed the Llullaillaco Maiden had literally been fattened up for death, fed a much better diet in her last year including maize and meat, the luxury foods of aristocrats.
Child mummies 'fattened up' before Inca sacrifice by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
They were found near the summit of Mount Llullaillaco, a 22,000ft-high volcano on the border of Argentina and Chile.
Fattened up for sacrifice by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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