Payún Matrú
Payún Matrú is a shield volcano in the Reserva Provincial La Payunia of the Malargüe Department, south of the Mendoza Province in Argentina. It lies in the back-arc region of the Andean Volcanic Belt, and was formed by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 3,715 metres
- Description: mountain in Argentina
- Also known as: “Payun Matru”
Payún Matrú
- Categories: mountain, shield volcano, and landform
- Location: Malargüe Department, Mendoza, Cuyo, Argentina, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.4222° or 36° 25′ 20″ southLongitude
-69.238° or 69° 14′ 17″ westElevation
3,715 metres (12,188 feet)Open location code
47MGHQH6+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1270059282OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcanoWikidata ID
Q2749256
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Satellite Map
Discover Payún Matrú from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Payún Matrú” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “帕云马特鲁山”
- Chinese: “帕雲馬特魯山”
- Czech: “Payún Matru”
- Dutch: “Payun Matru”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پايون ماترو”
- French: “Payun Matru”
- French: “Payún Matrú”
- French: “Volcan Payún Matrú”
- Georgian: “პაიუნ-მარტუ”
- German: “Payún Matru”
- Ladin: “Payun Matru”
- Persian: “پایون ماترو”
- Polish: “Payún Matru”
- Quechua: “Payun Matru”
- Russian: “Паюн-Матру”
- Slovak: “Payún Matru”
- Spanish: “Payun Matru”
- Spanish: “Payun Matrú”
- Spanish: “Payún Matru”
- Spanish: “Payún Matrú”
- Swedish: “Payun Matru”
- Swedish: “Payún Matrú”
- Ukrainian: “Паюн-Матру”
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