Galeras
Galeras is an active stratovolcano in the Colombian department of Nariño, near the departmental capital Pasto. Its summit rises 4,276 metres above sea level.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 4,276 metres
- Description: volcanic mountain in Colombia
- Also known as: “El Galera”, “Galeras Volcano”, “La Galera”, “Pico Galeras”, “Santuario de fauna y flora Galeras”, “Urcunina”, “Volcán de El Galeras”, “Volcan de Galeras”, “Volcán de Galeras”, “Volcan de Pasto”, “Volcán de Pasto”, “Volcan Galeras”, “Vulcão Galeras”, “Vulkan Galeras”, “ურსუნინა”, “آتشفشان گالراس”, “اتشفشان گالراس”, “ガレラス”, and “ガレラス火山”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nariño and Pasto.
Nariño
Town
Nariño is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. Nariño is situated 8 km north of Galeras.
La Florida
Town
La Florida is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. La Florida is situated 10 km northwest of Galeras.
Galeras
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Nariño, Pacifica, Colombia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.22153° or 1° 13′ 18″ north
Longitude
-77.35896° or 77° 21′ 32″ west
Elevation
4,276 metres (14,029 feet)
Open location code
67H46JCR+JC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Galeras” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Galeras”
- Arabic: “غاليرا”
- Armenian: “Գալերաս”
- Asturian: “Galeras”
- Basque: “Galeras sumendia”
- Bulgarian: “Галерас”
- Catalan: “Galeras”
- Cebuano: “Volcán Galeras”
- Chinese: “加勒拉斯火山”
- Croatian: “Galeras”
- Czech: “Galeras”
- Dutch: “Galeras”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جاليرا”
- Esperanto: “Galeras”
- Estonian: “Galerase vulkaan”
- Faroese: “Galeras”
- Finnish: “Galeras”
- French: “Galeras”
- Galician: “Galeras”
- Galician: “Volcán Galeras”
- Georgian: “გალერასი”
- German: “Galeras”
- Hebrew: “גלראס”
- Hungarian: “Galeras”
- Indonesian: “Galeras”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Galeras”
- Italian: “Galeras”
- Japanese: “ガレラス山”
- Korean: “갈레라스 화산”
- Ladin: “Galeras”
- Lithuanian: “Galeras”
- Lithuanian: “Galerasas”
- Macedonian: “Галерас”
- Malay: “Galeras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galeras”
- Norwegian: “Galeras”
- Ossetian: “Галерас”
- Persian: “گالراس”
- Polish: “Galeras”
- Portuguese: “Galeras”
- Russian: “Галерас”
- Slovak: “Galeras”
- Spanish: “Volcán Galeras”
- Swahili: “Galeras”
- Swedish: “Galeras”
- Ukrainian: “Ґалерас”
- Venetian: “Galeras”
- Vietnamese: “Galeras”
- Wu Chinese: “加勒拉斯火山”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gallina and Mapachico - Aticance.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Laguna de Jade and Iglesia San Cayetano.
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Worth a closer look: Pasto and Ipiales.
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