Chacana

Chacana is a large 32-km long - 18–24 km wide caldera that has erupted in historical times. It forms one of the largest rhyolite centers in the Northern with major eruptions over the past 240,000, 180,00, and 160,000 years ago and has had andesitic-rhyolitic volcanism.
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Chacana

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Latitude
-0.21353° or 0° 12′ 49″ south
Longitude
-78.18542° or 78° 11′ 8″ west
Open location code
67F3QRP7+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 352917238
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3659509
Wiki­data ID
Q2648115

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Chacana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشاكانا”
  • Catalan: “Chacana”
  • Cebuano: “Chacana (bukid)”
  • Cebuano: “Chacana”
  • Chinese: “查卡納火山”
  • Chinese: “查卡纳火山”
  • Czech: “Chacana”
  • Dutch: “Chacana”
  • Ladin: “Chacana”
  • Persian: “چاکانا”
  • Quechua: “Chakana (nina urqu)”
  • Quechua: “Chakana”
  • Russian: “Чакана”
  • Slovak: “Chacana”
  • Swedish: “Chacana (berg)”
  • Swedish: “Chacana”

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