Pacaya Volcano

Pacaya Volcano is in region of . Pacaya is an active volcano that showed spectacular eruptions for several years. There is still some volcanic activity but there is no hot lava to be seen anymore.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,552 metres
  • Description: mountain and national park in Guatemala
  • Also known as: Pacaya”, “Volcán Pacava”, and “Volcano Pacaya
  • Historically known as: Volcano Pacayal

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Ipala.

Lake
Laguna de Calderas is a crater lake in the municipality of , Guatemala, . It is located approximately 6 km south of and 3 km north of the currently active vent of the Pacaya volcano.

Pacaya Volcano

Latitude
14.3821° or 14° 22′ 56″ north
Longitude
-90.6017° or 90° 36′ 6″ west
Elevation
2,552 metres (8,373 feet)
Open location code
766F99JX+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299644153
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3591968
Wiki­data ID
Q753924
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Pacaya Volcano” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Pakaya vulkanı
  • Catalan: Pacaya
  • Catalan: Volcà Pacaya
  • Cebuano: Volcán de Pacaya
  • Chinese: 帕卡亚火山
  • Chinese: 帕卡亞火山
  • Czech: Pacaya
  • Danish: Pacaya
  • Dutch: Pacaya-vulkaan
  • Dutch: Pacaya
  • Egyptian Arabic: پاكايا
  • Finnish: Pacaya
  • French: Pacaya
  • French: Volcan Pacaya
  • German: Pacaya
  • Greek: Πακάγια
  • Hebrew: פקאיה
  • Hungarian: Pacaya
  • Indonesian: Gunung Pacaya
  • Japanese: パカヤ
  • Japanese: パカヤ山
  • Japanese: パカヤ火山
  • Khmer: ប៉ាកាយ៉ា
  • Korean: 파카야산
  • Ladin: Pacaya
  • Limburgan: Pacaya
  • Lithuanian: Pakaja
  • Malay: Gunung berapi Pacaya
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pacaya
  • Norwegian: Pacaya
  • Persian: آتشفشان پاکایا
  • Persian: اتشفشان پاکایا
  • Persian: پاکایا
  • Polish: Pacaya
  • Portuguese: Pacaya
  • Russian: Pacaya
  • Russian: Пакайя
  • Russian: Пакая
  • Slovak: Pacaya
  • Slovenian: Pacaya
  • Spanish: Pacaya
  • Spanish: Volcan de Pacaya
  • Spanish: Volcán de Pacaya
  • Spanish: Volcan Pacaya
  • Spanish: Volcán Pacaya
  • Swedish: Pacaya
  • Ukrainian: Пакая
  • Vietnamese: Pacaya

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pacaya Volcano”. Photo: USGS, Public domain.