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Volcán de Fuego

Elevation
3,763 m
#1,837
in the world
#5
in Guatemala

Volcán de Fuego is a volcano in Guatemala, rising to 3,763 m, the 5th highest we list in Guatemala, part of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.

Range
#5 in the range
Nearest town
8.3 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Volcán de Fuego

Volcán de Fuego lies in Guatemala, in Chimaltenango.

Key facts

Elevation
3,763 m (12,346 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Volcano
Region
Chimaltenango
Coordinates
14.475, -90.881

How it ranks

Among peaks in Guatemala
#5of 38
LargestSmallest
In the Sierra Madre de Chiapas
#5of 21
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#1,837of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Volcán de Acatenango3,976 m3.0 km
Volcán de Agua3,760 m15 km
Volcán de Pacaya2,552 m32 km
Volcán Atitlán3,535 m35 km
Volcán Tolimán3,158 m37 km
Volcán San Pedro3,020 m46 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Volcán de Fuego.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
AlotenangoGuatemala23,9868.3 km
YepocapaGuatemala34,9488.4 km
Ciudad ViejaGuatemala33,40514 km
San Andrés ItzapaGuatemala24,99217 km
PatzicíaGuatemala21,24918 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.