Mount Popa

Fifty kilometres southeast of in at the base of Mount Popa is a solitary peak with a temple/shrine topped by gold stupas.
  • Volcano rising to 4,980 feet (1,518 metres)
  • Description: volcano in Myanmar
  • Also known as
    “Popa Hill”
    “Popa Taung”
    “Puppa Taungdeik”
    “ပုပၸါးေတာင္”
    “ပုပ္ပားတောင်”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bago Yoma.
Locality
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Latitude
20.92° or 20° 55′ 12″ north
Longitude
95.2533° or 95° 15′ 12″ east
Open location code
7MGQW793+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural = volcano
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mount Popa” goes by many names.
جبل بوباArabic
মাউন্ট পোপাBengali
ပုပ္ပါးတောင်Burmese
သစ်တောရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာနBurmese
အမှတ်(၁)စက်မှု ဝန်ကြီးဌာနBurmese
Mont PopaCatalan
Popa HillCebuano
波巴山Chinese
PopaCzech
Mount PopaDutch
Popa HillDutch
جبل پوپا هيلEgyptian Arabic
PopaFinnish
Popa-vuoriFinnish
माउन्ट पोपाHindi
Monte PopaItalian
ポッパ山Japanese
ポパ山Japanese
뽀빠산Korean
포파 산Korean
Popa HillLadin
PopaLatvian
Popos kalnasLithuanian
کوه پاپاPersian
PuppaPolish
ПопаRussian
ПоупаRussian
လွႆပူပ်ႉပႃးShan
Mount PopaSlovenian
PopaSlovenian
Mlima PopaSwahili
Popa HillSwedish
เขาโปะป้าThai
Monte PopaVenetian
Núi PopaVietnamese

Localities in the Area

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