Volcan El Chichón

Volcan El Chichón is an active volcano in , a state in southern . It is sometimes known as El Chichonal. The volcano is a popular hiking destination, especially to the summit where a 1-km-wide caldera can be descended to a sparkling green lake in its basin.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,025 metres
  • Description: Mexican volcano
  • Also known as: “Chichonal”, “El Chichon”, “El Chichón”, “El Chichón Volcano”, and “Volcán Chichonal”

Volcan El Chichón

Latitude
17.3607° or 17° 21′ 38″ north
Longitude
-93.2296° or 93° 13′ 47″ west
Elevation
1,025 metres (3,363 feet)
Open location code
76989Q6C+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 886325345
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3529179
Wiki­data ID
Q841189
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Satellite Map

Discover Volcan El Chichón from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Volcan El Chichón” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “El Chichón”
  • Bulgarian: “Ел Чичон”
  • Cebuano: “Volcan El Chichonal”
  • Chinese: “埃尔奇琼火山”
  • Chinese: “埃爾奇瓊火山”
  • Czech: “El Chichón”
  • Dutch: “El Chichon”
  • Dutch: “El Chichón”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ال كيتشون”
  • Finnish: “Chicon”
  • Finnish: “El Chichon”
  • Finnish: “El Chichón”
  • Finnish: “El Chicon”
  • Finnish: “El Chicón”
  • French: “El Chichon”
  • French: “El Chichón”
  • Galician: “El Chichón”
  • German: “El Chichon”
  • German: “El Chichón”
  • German: “El Chichonal”
  • Greek: “Ελ Τσιτσόν”
  • Greek: “Ελ Χιχόν”
  • Hebrew: “אל צ’יצ’ון”
  • Hungarian: “Chichón”
  • Hungarian: “Chichonal”
  • Hungarian: “El Chichón”
  • Indonesian: “El Chichón”
  • Italian: “El Chichón”
  • Japanese: “エル・チチョン”
  • Japanese: “エルチチョン”
  • Japanese: “エルチチョン山”
  • Javanese: “El Chichón”
  • Kazakh: “Эль-Чичон”
  • Korean: “엘치촌산”
  • Lithuanian: “El Čičonalis”
  • Lithuanian: “El Čičonas”
  • Macedonian: “Ел Чичон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Chichón”
  • Norwegian: “El Chichón”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “El Chichón”
  • Persian: “ال چیچون”
  • Polish: “El Chichón”
  • Portuguese: “El Chichon”
  • Portuguese: “El Chichón”
  • Romanian: “El Chichon”
  • Romanian: “El Chichón”
  • Russian: “Эль-Чичон”
  • Serbian: “Čičon”
  • Serbian: “Ел Чичон”
  • Serbian: “Чичон”
  • Slovak: “El Chichón”
  • Spanish: “Chichon”
  • Spanish: “Chichón”
  • Spanish: “Chichonal”
  • Spanish: “El Chichón”
  • Spanish: “Volcan El Chichonal”
  • Swedish: “El Chichón”
  • Swedish: “Volcan El Chichonal”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Чичон”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Чічон”

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