Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Los Lagos Region
• Level 2: Provincia de Palena
• Level 3: Chaiten

Current local time in Chaitén:

08:51 PM, Wednesday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Chaitén on map:^[1]

Chaitén GPS coordinates^[2]

42° 54' 57.456" South, 72° 42' 22.752" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	-42.39887°,	-73.40945°
Center:	-42.91596°,	-72.70632°
Lower-right:	-43.42874°,	-72.0032°
Map W x H:	114.5×114.5 km	= 71.1×71.1mi

max Lat:	-18.19821°   ⇑89.7% North
Chaitén:	-42.91596°
min Lat:	⇓10.3% South -54.93355°

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min Long	Chaitén	max Long
-109.42438°	-72.70632°	-67.60963°
W 23.4%⇐		⇒76.6% E

Elevation

Elevation of Chaitén is 17 m = 56 ft, and this is 256 m = 840 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3544 m = 11627 ft	90.3%
Avg.	273 m = 896 ft
Chaitén	17 m = 56 ft
Min E:	1 m = 3 ft	9.7%

See also: Chile elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Chaitén is located in South temperate zone (between Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle). Distance of this Southern Tropic circle is 2165.9 km =1345.8 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Chaitén
Equator	4771.8	2965.1	to North
Tropic Capricorn	2165.9	1345.8	to North
Antarctic Circle	2629.4	1633.8	to South
South Pole	5235.3	3253.1	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Chaitén: (largest is in red/bold)

• Ancud 147.7 km =91.8 mi, 321°
• Calbuco 131.7 km =81.8 mi, 344°
• Castro 100.2 km =62.3 mi, 299°
• Chonchi 93.1 km =57.8 mi, 290°
• Dalcahue 97.6 km =60.6 mi, 307°
• Futaleufú 74.4 km =46.2 mi, 113°
• La Ensenada 190.5 km =118.4 mi, 4°
• La Junta 120.2 km =74.7 mi, 168°
• Palena 107 km =66.5 mi, 136°
• Puerto Cisnes 203.6 km =126.5 mi, 179°
• Puerto Montt 162 km =100.7 mi, 353°
• Puerto Varas 179 km =111.2 mi, 352°
• Purranque 225.8 km =140.3 mi, 350°
• Puyehue 251.1 km =156 mi, 1°
• Quellón 77.3 km =48 mi, 253°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Чайтен
• In Chinese: 柴滕