Descabezado Grande

Descabezado Grande is a stratovolcano located in the of central . It is capped by a 1.4-kilometre-wide ice-filled caldera and named for its flat-topped form, as descabezado means "headless" in Spanish.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 3,953 metres
  • Description: mountain in Curicó Province, Chile
  • Also known as: Cerro Azul or Quizapu[” and “Cerro Descabezado Grande

Descabezado Grande

Latitude
-35.58613° or 35° 35′ 10″ south
Longitude
-70.75118° or 70° 45′ 4″ west
Elevation
3,953 metres (12,969 feet)
Open location code
47PFC67X+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3424291860
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3892624
Wiki­data ID
Q1200515
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Descabezado Grande” goes by many names.

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