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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

Latitude
-0.21353° or 0° 12′ 49″ south
Longitude
-78.18542° or 78° 11′ 8″ west
Elevation
4,643 metres (15,233 feet)
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 Catalan to Swedish—“Chacana” goes by many names.
  • 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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