Aracar

Aracar is a large conical stratovolcano in northwestern , just east of the border. It has a main summit crater about 1–1.5 kilometres in diameter and sometimes contains crater lakes and a secondary crater.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 6,095 metres
  • Description: mountain in Argentina
  • Also known as: “Volcan Aracar”

Aracar

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
node 3062218117
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3865596
Wiki­data ID
Q312862
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Satellite Map

Discover Aracar from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Dutch: “Cerro 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: “آتشفشان آراکار”
  • Persian: “آراکار”
  • Persian: “اتشفشان اراکار”
  • Persian: “اراکار”
  • Polish: “Aracar”
  • Russian: “Аракар”
  • Slovak: “Aracar”
  • Spanish: “Aracar”
  • Spanish: “Cerro Aracar”
  • Spanish: “Volcan Aracar”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Aracar”
  • Swedish: “Aracar”
  • Swedish: “Cerro Aracar”
  • Ukrainian: “Аракар”

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