Aracar
Aracar is a large conical stratovolcano in northwestern Argentina, just east of the Chilean border. It has a main summit crater about 1–1.5 kilometres in diameter and sometimes contains crater lakes and a secondary crater.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 6,095 metres
- Description: mountain in Argentina
- Also known as: “Volcan Aracar”, “آتشفشان آراکار”, “اتشفشان اراکار”, and “اراکار”
Aracar
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Los Andes Department, Salta, Andean Northwest, Argentina, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-24.28994° or 24° 17′ 24″ south
Longitude
-67.78317° or 67° 46′ 59″ west
Elevation
6,095 metres (19,997 feet)
Open location code
577JP668+2P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Aracar” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Aracar”
- Bengali: “আরাকার”
- Cebuano: “Cerro Aracar”
- Chinese: “阿拉卡尔火山”
- Chinese: “阿拉卡爾火山”
- Czech: “Aracar”
- Dutch: “Aracar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اراكار”
- French: “Aracar”
- Georgian: “არაკარი”
- German: “Aracar”
- Greek: “Αρακάρ”
- Indonesian: “Aracar”
- Ladin: “Aracar”
- Malay: “Gunung Aracar”
- Mingrelian: “არაკარი”
- Mongolian: “Аракар уул”
- Persian: “آراکار”
- Polish: “Aracar”
- Russian: “Аракар”
- Slovak: “Aracar”
- Spanish: “Volcán Aracar”
- Swedish: “Aracar”
- Swedish: “Cerro Aracar”
- Ukrainian: “Аракар”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Quebrada del Agua and El Negrillar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Abra Aracar and Cerro Bayo Norte.
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