Cerro Capurata
Cerro Capurata, also known as Elena Capurata or Quimsachatas is a stratovolcano in the Andes of Bolivia and Chile. To the south of Capurata lies Cerro Casparata and straight west Guallatiri, which shares a near-identical elevation with Capurata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gerard Prins, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,990 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Volcán Capurata”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Acotango and Willk’i.
Acotango
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Acotango is the central and highest of a group of stratovolcanoes straddling the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is 6,052 metres high. The group is known as Kimsa Chata and consists of three mountains: Acotango, Umurata north of it and Capurata south of it.
Willk’i
Peak
Willk'i is a 4,974-metre-high mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. Willk'i lies southeast of Acotango.
Cerro Capurata
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Bolivia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-18.41592° or 18° 24′ 57″ southLongitude
-69.04575° or 69° 2′ 45″ westElevation
5,990 metres (19,652 feet)Open location code
57HGHXM3+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 96306766OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Cerro Capurata from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“Cerro Capurata” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Serro-Kapurata”
- Basque: “Capurata”
- Cebuano: “Cerro Capurata”
- Chinese: “卡普拉塔火山”
- Dutch: “Cerro Capurata”
- French: “Cerro Capurata”
- German: “Capurata”
- Italian: “Cerro Capurata”
- Italian: “Monte Cerro Capurata”
- Ladin: “Cerro Capurata”
- Persian: “سرو کاپوراتا”
- Polish: “Cerro Capurata”
- Quechua: “Kapurata”
- Russian: “Серро-Капурата”
- Spanish: “Cerro Capurata”
- Spanish: “Cerro Elena Capurata”
- Swedish: “Cerro Capurata”
- Venetian: “Cerro Capurata”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Unidad Productiva de Azufres Capurata and Chachacomani.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glaciar del Acotango and Cerro Casparata.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cerro Capurata”. Photo: Gerard Prins, CC BY-SA 3.0.