Argentina
Catamarca Province
Antofagasta de la Sierra Department

Galán

Cerro Galán is a caldera in the of . It is one of the largest exposed calderas in the world and forms part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the , one of the three volcanic belts found in South America.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,912 metres
  • Description: mountain in Argentina
  • Also known as: “Cerro Gallan” and “Galan”

Galán

Latitude
-25.99672° or 25° 59′ 48″ south
Longitude
-66.90524° or 66° 54′ 19″ west
Elevation
5,912 metres (19,396 feet)
Open location code
576M233V+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2727543552
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3855280
Wiki­data ID
Q2342225
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Satellite Map

Discover Galán from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Vietnamese—“Galán” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Galán”
  • Cebuano: “Cerro Galán”
  • Chinese: “加蘭火山”
  • Dutch: “Galán”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جالان”
  • Esperanto: “Galán”
  • French: “Cerro Galan”
  • French: “Cerro Galán”
  • French: “Galán”
  • Georgian: “გალანი”
  • Greek: “Γαλάν”
  • Hebrew: “קלדרת גאלאן”
  • Japanese: “ガラン山”
  • Ladin: “Galán”
  • Ossetian: “Галан”
  • Ossetian: “Серро-Галан”
  • Persian: “آتشفشان گالان”
  • Polish: “Galan”
  • Portuguese: “Galán”
  • Russian: “Серро Галан”
  • Russian: “Серро-Галан”
  • Spanish: “Cerro Galan”
  • Spanish: “Cerro Galán”
  • Spanish: “Volcan Galan”
  • Spanish: “Volcan Galán”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Galán”
  • Swedish: “Cerro Galán”
  • Swedish: “Galán”
  • Ukrainian: “Серро Галан”
  • Ukrainian: “Серро-Галан”
  • Ukrainian: “Серро-Ґалан”
  • Ukrainian: “Церро Галан”
  • Vietnamese: “Galán”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Galán”. Photo: USGS, Public domain.