Ruka Pillañ / Volcán Villarrica

Ruka Pillañ / Volcán Villarrica


Villarrica, Chile (CL)
Villarrica (Mapudungun: Ruka Pillañ) is 1 of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and town of the same name, 750 km south of Santiago. It's also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "great spirit's house" or "the demon's house". It's the westernmost of 3 large stratovolcanoes that trend NW to SE obliquely perpendicular to the Andean chain along the Mocha-Villarrica Fault Zone, and along with Quetrupillán and the Chilean portion of Lanín, are protected within Villarrica National Park.
Villarrica (Mapudungun: Ruka Pillañ) is 1 of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and town of the same name, 750 km south of Santiago. It's also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "great spirit's house" or "the demon's house". It's the westernmost of 3 large stratovolcanoes that trend NW to SE obliquely perpendicular to the Andean chain along the Mocha-Villarrica Fault Zone, and along with Quetrupillán and the Chilean portion of Lanín, are protected within Villarrica National Park.
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