Santa María
Santa María Volcano is a large active volcano in the western highlands of Guatemala, in the Quetzaltenango Department near the city of Quetzaltenango. It is part of the mountain range of the Sierra Madre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 3,772 metres
- Description: active volcano in Guatemala
- Also known as: “Gagxanul” and “Santa Maria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santiaguito.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zunil and Almolonga.
Zunil
Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zunil is a town and municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala with a surface area of 80 square kilometres. The town of Zunil is located 9 kilometres from the city of Quetzaltenango, on the bank of the Salamá River.
Almolonga
Photo: Zigomar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Almolonga is a city in Guatemala on the road between Ciudad de Quetzaltenango and Zunil. It provides medicinal sulfur baths, an up-close look at every day agro-business, and a taste of Guatemalan culture.
Santa María
- Categories: stratovolcano and landform
- Location: Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Western Highlands, Guatemala, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.75707° or 14° 45′ 25″ northLongitude
-91.55213° or 91° 33′ 8″ westElevation
3,772 metres (12,375 feet)Open location code
766CQC4X+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2250878874OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Santa María” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Santa María (vulkaan)”
- Afrikaans: “Santa María”
- Arabic: “بركان سانتا ماريا”
- Asturian: “Volcán Santa María”
- Bengali: “সান্তা মারিয়া”
- Cebuano: “Volcán Santa María”
- Chinese: “聖地亞古多火山”
- Czech: “Santa María”
- Dutch: “Santa María”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سانتا ماريا”
- Finnish: “Santa Maria”
- French: “Santa María”
- Georgian: “სანტა-მარია (ვულკანი)”
- Georgian: “სანტა-მარია”
- German: “Santa María”
- Greek: “Σάντα Μαρία”
- Hebrew: “סנטה מריה”
- Hungarian: “Santa María”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Santa María”
- Indonesian: “Santa María”
- Italian: “Santa María”
- Japanese: “サンタマリア山”
- Japanese: “サンタマリア火山”
- Javanese: “Vocan Santa Maria”
- Korean: “산타마리아산”
- Lithuanian: “Santa Marija”
- Macedonian: “Санта Марија”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Santa Maria”
- Persian: “آتشفشان سانتا ماریا”
- Polish: “Santamaría”
- Portuguese: “Santa María”
- Russian: “Санта-Мария”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Santa María (vulkan)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Santa María”
- Slovak: “Santa María”
- Spanish: “Volcan Santa Maria”
- Spanish: “Volcán Santa María”
- Swedish: “Volcán Santa María”
- Ukrainian: “Гаксануль”
- Ukrainian: “Санта-Марія”
- Vietnamese: “Santa María”
- Wu Chinese: “圣地亚古多火山”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Buena Vista and Las Majadas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirador al Volcan Santiaguito and Zona de Veda Definitiva Volcán Santa María.
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