Chicabal

#29 among destinations in Guatemala

Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano

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Chicabal is a 2,720 metres inactive volcano in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. Its edifice has a volume of 12 km³. The volcano has a crater lake, Chicabal Lake, and is constructed within a collapse scar that may have been the consequence of a failure of a previous edifice. It is associated with Santa Maria volcano. ()

Local name: Volcán de Chicabal Coordinates: 14°47'24"N, 91°39'36"W

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QuezaltenangoGuatemala

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Chicabal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chicabal Lake, Volcán Siete Orejas, Concepción Chiquirichapa, San Juan Ostuncalco.

0.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Chicabal Lake
17 min walk • Chicabal Lake is a Guatemalan lake sacred to the Mam Mayan people. The lake is located in the municipal boundary of the town of San Martín Sacatepéquez in the department of Quetzaltenango.
3.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Volcán Siete Orejas
85 min walk • Volcán Siete Orejas is a stratovolcano in Guatemala located within the Quetzaltenango Department, in the municipalities of Quetzaltenango, Concepción Chiquirichapa, La Esperanza, and San Martin Sacatepequez. It is in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas.
4.9 miNE
Locality
Concepción Chiquirichapa
126 min walk • Concepción Chiquirichapa is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Quetzaltenango in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, 14 kilometers west of the departmental capital of Quetzaltenango, and 214 kilometers west of the capital Guatemala City.
6 miNE
Village
San Juan Ostuncalco
154 min walk • Ostuncalco, full name San Juan Ostuncalco, is a town, with a population of 20,763, and a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala. Beside Spanish, local people speak the Mam language. La Victoria is a village in this municipality.