Acotango

Acotango is the central and highest of a group of stratovolcanoes straddling the border of and . It is 6,052 metres high. The group is known as and consists of three mountains: Acotango, north of it and south of it.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 6,052 metres
  • Description: mountain shared by Bolivia and Chile
  • Also known as: “Volcan Acotango” and “Vulkan Acotango”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Cerro Capurata and Willk’i.

Volcano
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Peak
Willk'i is a 4,974-metre-high mountain in the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kimsa Chata.

Locality
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Acotango

Latitude
-18.38282° or 18° 22′ 58″ south
Longitude
-69.048° or 69° 2′ 53″ west
Elevation
6,052 metres (19,856 feet)
Open location code
57HGJX82+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Acotango” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Akotanqo vulkanı”
  • Basque: “Acotango”
  • Bulgarian: “Акотанго”
  • Catalan: “Acotango”
  • Cebuano: “Cerro Acotango”
  • Chinese: “阿科坦戈火山”
  • Czech: “Acotango”
  • Dutch: “Cerro Acotango”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اكوتانجو”
  • Esperanto: “Akotango”
  • French: “Acotango”
  • Georgian: “აკოტანგო”
  • German: “Acotango”
  • Greek: “Ακοτάνγκο”
  • Hausa: “Acotango”
  • Hungarian: “Acotango”
  • Indonesian: “Acotango”
  • Italian: “Acotango”
  • Italian: “Monte Acotango”
  • Ladin: “Acotango”
  • Lithuanian: “Akotangas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Cerro Acotango”
  • Malay: “Gunung berapi Acotango”
  • Mingrelian: “აკოტანგო”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Acotango”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Acotango”
  • Norwegian: “Acotango”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Acotango”
  • Ossetian: “Акотанго”
  • Persian: “آکوتانگو”
  • Polish: “Acotango”
  • Portuguese: “Acotango”
  • Quechua: “Aqutanku”
  • Russian: “Акотанго”
  • Slovak: “Acotango”
  • Spanish: “Cerro Acotango”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Acotango”
  • Swedish: “Cerro Acotango”
  • Turkish: “Cerro Acotango”
  • Ukrainian: “Аконтаґо”
  • Ukrainian: “Акотанґо”
  • Venetian: “Acotango”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿科坦戈火山”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Unidad Productiva de Azufres Capurata and Chachacomani.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Glaciar del Acotango and Umurata.

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