Villarrica
Villarrica is one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and town of the same name, 750 km south of Santiago. It is also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "great spirit's house" or " the demon's house".- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,860 metres
- Description: Chilean volcano
- Also known as: “Rucapillán”, “Ruka Pillañ”, “Viljarika”, “Villarrica dağı”, “Villarrica nina urqu”, “Villarrica Volcano”, “Vulcão Villarrica”, “vulkan Villarrica”, “Vulkan Villarrica”, “רוקאפיאן”, and “ビジャリカ火山”
Villarrica
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, and landform
- Location: Araucanía, Southern Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-39.42103° or 39° 25′ 16″ south
Longitude
-71.93956° or 71° 56′ 22″ west
Elevation
2,860 metres (9,383 feet)
Open location code
47GCH3H6+H5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Villarrica” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Villarrica sumendia”
- Bavarian: “Villarrica”
- Belarusian: “Вільярыка”
- Breton: “Villarrica”
- Cebuano: “Volcán Villarrica”
- Chinese: “維利亞里卡火山”
- Chinese: “维利亚里卡火山”
- Czech: “Villarrica”
- Dutch: “Villarrica”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ڤيلاريكا ڤولكانو”
- Finnish: “Villarrica”
- French: “Villarrica”
- German: “Villarrica”
- Greek: “Βιγιαρρίκα”
- Hausa: “Villarrica (dutse mai fashewa)”
- Hausa: “Villarrica”
- Hebrew: “ויאריקה”
- Icelandic: “Villarrica”
- Indonesian: “Villarrica (gunung berapi)”
- Indonesian: “Villarrica”
- Italian: “Villarrica”
- Italian: “Vulcano Villarrica”
- Japanese: “ビジャリカ山”
- Korean: “비야리카산”
- Korean: “빌라리카 산”
- Ladin: “Villarrica Volcano”
- Lithuanian: “Viljarikos ugnikalnis”
- Macedonian: “Виљарика”
- Malay: “Gunung berapi Villarrica”
- Mapudungun: “Ruka Pillán”
- Polish: “Villarrica”
- Portuguese: “Villarrica”
- Quechua: “Villarrica”
- Russian: “Вильяррика”
- Serbian: “Виљарика”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Villarrica (vulkan)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Villarrica”
- Slovak: “Villarrica”
- Slovenian: “Villarrica”
- Spanish: “Volcán Villarrica”
- Swahili: “Villarrica”
- Swedish: “Volcán Villarrica”
- Turkish: “Villarrica Yanardağı”
- Ukrainian: “Вільяррика”
- Venetian: “Volcan Villarrica”
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Places to explore: El Playón and Voipir Seco.
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