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[”, “Cerro Descabezado Grande”, “Descabezado grande”, “Descabezado Grande (volcan)”, “Descabezado Grande (volcán)”, “Volcan Descabezado”, “Volcán Descabezado”, “Volcan Descabezado Grande”, “Volcan Quizapu”, “Volcan Quizapú”, “Volcán Quizapu”, and “Volcán Quizapú”

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 Asturian to Turkish—“Descabezado Grande” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Basque: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Bavarian: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Catalan: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Cebuano: “Volcán Descabezado Grande”
  • Chinese: “大德斯卡貝薩多火山”
  • Czech: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Dutch: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديسكابيزادو جراند”
  • French: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Georgian: “დესკაბესადო-გრანდე”
  • German: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Hungarian: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Ladin: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Polish: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Russian: “Дескабесадо-Гранде”
  • Slovak: “Descabezado Grande”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Descabezado Grande”
  • Swedish: “Volcán Descabezado Grande”
  • Turkish: “Descabezado Grande Yanardağı”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Valle del Indio and El Bolsón.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Volcán Descabezado Grande and Cerro Rajaduras.

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