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Volcán Chaitén

Elevation
1,122 m
#12,912
in the world
#139
in Chile

Volcán Chaitén is a volcano in Chile, rising to 1,122 m, the 139th highest we list in Chile, part of the Patagonian Andes.

Range
#18 in the range
Nearest town
85 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Volcán Chaitén

Volcán Chaitén lies in Chile, in Los Lagos Region.

Key facts

Elevation
1,122 m (3,681 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Volcano
Region
Los Lagos Region
Coordinates
-42.836, -72.650

How it ranks

Among peaks in Chile
#139of 141
LargestSmallest
In the Patagonian Andes
#18of 18
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#12,912of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Volcán Michinmahuida2,450 m19 km
Volcán Huaqui1,131 m53 km
Cerro Aguja Sur2,298 m101 km
Volcán Apagado1,210 m106 km
Cerro de la Virgen1,636 m128 km
Picacho de la Virgen1,773 m132 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Volcán Chaitén.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
QuellónChile21,82385 km
CastroChile41,667101 km
EsquelArgentina28,486109 km
CalbucoChile32,963125 km
El BolsónArgentina21,287134 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.