South America
Chile
Tarapacá

Taapaca

Taapaca is a Holocene volcanic complex in northern 's . Located in the Chilean , it is part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andean Volcanic Belt, one of four distinct volcanic chains in South America.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,860 metres
  • Description: volcano in Chile
  • Also known as: “Cerro Taapaca” and “Nevados de Putre”

Taapaca

Latitude
-18.11276° or 18° 6′ 46″ south
Longitude
-69.50768° or 69° 30′ 28″ west
Elevation
5,860 metres (19,226 feet)
Open location code
57HGVFPR+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3039971814
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3870406
Wiki­data ID
Q931485
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Taapaca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تاباكا”
  • Cebuano: “Cerro Taapacá”
  • Chinese: “塔帕卡火山”
  • Czech: “Taapaca”
  • Dutch: “Taapaca”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تاپاكا”
  • French: “Taapaca”
  • Georgian: “ტააპაკა”
  • German: “Taapaca”
  • German: “Vulkan Taapaca”
  • Italian: “Taapaca”
  • Japanese: “タアパカ”
  • Ladin: “Taapaca”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taapaca”
  • Persian: “تاپاکا”
  • Polish: “Taapaca”
  • Russian: “Таапака”
  • Slovak: “Taapaca”
  • Spanish: “Volcan Taapaca”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Taapacá”
  • Swedish: “Cerro Taapacá”
  • Ukrainian: “Таапака”
  • Venetian: “Taapaca”
  • Wu Chinese: “塔帕卡火山”

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