What is the tallest volcano in the world? Where is it located?

rocky Anonymous

Dear Reader,

Ojos del Salado, a Holocene stratovolcano in northern Chile, is the tallest volcano in the world.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

Source of Information:

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p. 

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