Calderas
Calderas is a hamlet in Municipio de Amatitlán, Guatemala Department and has an elevation of 1,792 metres. Calderas is situated nearby to the hamlet Ortitlan, as well as near San Francisco de Sales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pacaya Volcano and Lake Ipala.
Pacaya Volcano
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Pacaya Volcano is in Central Highlands region of Guatemala. Pacaya is an active volcano that showed spectacular eruptions for several years. There is still some volcanic activity but there is no hot lava to be seen anymore.
Lake Ipala
Lake
Laguna de Calderas is a crater lake in the municipality of Amatitlán, Guatemala, Guatemala. It is located approximately 6 km south of Lake Amatitlán and 3 km north of the currently active vent of the Pacaya volcano.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amatitlán.
Amatitlán
Town
Amatitlán is a town, with a population of 98,176, and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. Amatitlán is situated 8 km north of Calderas.
Calderas
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Municipio de Amatitlán, Guatemala Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.40949° or 14° 24′ 34″ northLongitude
-90.59585° or 90° 35′ 45″ westElevation
1,792 metres (5,879 feet)Open location code
766FCC53+QMOpenStreetMap ID
node 761566905OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3599241
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In Other Languages
“Calderas” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Calderas”
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Localities in the Area
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