Chachani
Chachani is a volcanic group in southern Peru, 22 kilometres northwest of the city of Arequipa. Part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, it is 6,057 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 6,057 metres
- Description: volcano in Peru
- Also known as: “Chachani Volcano”, “Nevada de Chachani”, “Nevado de Chachani”, and “Nevados Chachani”
Chachani
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, and landform
- Location: Cerro Colorado District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-16.19396° or 16° 11′ 38″ southLongitude
-71.53164° or 71° 31′ 54″ westElevation
6,057 metres (19,872 feet)Open location code
57MCRF49+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 253904849OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Chachani” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nevado Chachani”
- Chinese: “查查尼峰”
- Czech: “Chachani”
- Czech: “Nevado Chachani”
- Dutch: “Chachani”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تشاتشانى”
- Esperanto: “Ĉaĉani”
- French: “Chachani”
- German: “Chachani”
- Italian: “Chachani”
- Japanese: “チャチャニ山”
- Ladin: “Chachani”
- Latin: “Chachani”
- Lithuanian: “Čačanis”
- Lithuanian: “Čančani”
- Persian: “چاچانی”
- Polish: “Chachani”
- Portuguese: “Chachani”
- Quechua: “Chachani”
- Quechua: “Chhachani”
- Quechua: “Chhachhani”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chachani”
- Slovak: “Nevado Chachani”
- Spanish: “Chachani”
- Spanish: “Nevado Chachani”
- Spanish: “Volcán Chachani”
- Ukrainian: “Chachani”
- Ukrainian: “Невадо-Чачані”
- Ukrainian: “Чачані”
- Venetian: “Chachani”
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