Caichinque
Caichinque is a volcanic complex lying between Salar de Talar and Salar de Capur, in the high Andean plateau of the Antofagasta Region, in Chile. It is located southwest of the Salar de Atacama, directly S of Cerro Miñiques and SE of Cordón Puntas Negras forming part of the main branch of the Andean volcanic chain in this area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ddespinoza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caichinque
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,450 metres
- Description: mountain in Chile
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, and landform
- Location: San Pedro de Atacama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Northern Chile, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-23.94891° or 23° 56′ 56″ southLongitude
-67.73948° or 67° 44′ 22″ westElevation
4,450 metres (14,600 feet)Open location code
578J3726+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4085704750OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Caichinque from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Caichinque” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Caichinque”
- Cebuano: “Cerro Caichinque”
- Chinese: “凱欽克火山”
- Czech: “Caichinque”
- Dutch: “Caichinque”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كايكينكو”
- French: “Caichinque”
- Georgian: “კაიჩინკე”
- German: “Caichinque”
- Ladin: “Caichinque”
- Persian: “کایچینکه”
- Polish: “Caichinque”
- Slovak: “Caichinque”
- Spanish: “Caichinque (Chile)”
- Spanish: “Caichinque”
- Swedish: “Cerro Caichinque”
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