Villarrica

Villarrica is one of 's most active volcanoes, rising above the and of the same name, 750 km south of . 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

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
Geo­Names ID
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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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