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Chaiten Destination Guide

Discover Chaiten in Chile

Chaiten in the region of Los Lagos with its 4,065 habitants is a place located in Chile - some 663 mi or ( 1067 km ) South of Santiago , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Chaiten

Local time in Chaiten is now 01:53 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Santiago " with a UTC offset of -3 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Vilcun, Valdivia, Puerto Montt, Coihaique, and San Carlos de Bariloche. When in this area, you might want to check out Vilcun . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Chaiten ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Coyhaique - El Chait Bikepatagonia's photos around El Chaitén, Chile (how is chaiten now)

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
Views: 705 Rating: 5.00

Preview of Bikepatagonia's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: El Chaité ..

Living Like a Local in an Abandoned Town Destin8ion's photos around Chaiten, Chile

2:12 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOW4
Views: 613 Rating: 1.00

Preview of Destin8ion's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Chaiten, Chi ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Chaitén (volcano)

Chaitén is a volcanic caldera 3 kilometres in diameter, 17 kilometres west of the elongated ice-capped Michinmahuida volcano and 10 kilometres northeast of the town of Chaitén, near the Gulf of Corcovado in southern Chile. The most recent eruptive phase of the volcano began on 2 May 2008, and is ongoing. According to the Global Volcanism Program, radiocarbon dating of older tephra from the volcano suggests that its last previous eruption was in 7420 BC ± 75 years.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -42.83 -72.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 21st-century volcanic events, Active volcanoes, Crater lakes, Mountains of Chile, South Volcanic Zone, VEI-4 volcanoes, Volcanic calderas of Chile, Volcanoes of Los Lagos Region

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