San Carlos
San Carlos is a basaltic shield volcano with a broad summit caldera on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. With an elevation of 2,261 metres above sea level it is the second highest peak in Equatorial Guinea.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.San Carlos
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,261 metres
- Description: mountain in Equatorial Guinea
- Categories: shield volcano, caldera, and landform
- Location: Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
3.358° or 3° 21′ 29″ north
Longitude
8.5401° or 8° 32′ 24″ east
Elevation
2,261 metres (7,418 feet)
Open location code
6FMC9G5R+62
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“San Carlos” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “San Carlos”
- Basque: “San Carlos”
- Catalan: “San Carlos”
- Cebuano: “Gran Caldera Volcánica de San Carlos”
- Dutch: “San Carlos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سان كارلوس”
- German: “San Carlos”
- Ladin: “San Carlos”
- Polish: “San Carlos (wulkan)”
- Polish: “San Carlos”
- Portuguese: “San Carlos (vulcão)”
- Portuguese: “San Carlos”
- Slovak: “San Carlos (sopka)”
- Slovak: “San Carlos”
- Spanish: “Caldera de Luba”
- Spanish: “Gran Caldera Volcánica de San Carlos”
- Spanish: “Pico Gran Caldera”
- Spanish: “Volcan San Carlos”
- Spanish: “Volcán San Carlos”
- Swedish: “Gran Caldera Volcánica de San Carlos”
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