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El Pedregal Volcano
The Pedregal Volcano is a large shield volcano in Honduras located near the city of Comayagüela west of Tegucigalpa M.D.C. Characteristics El Pedregal originated during the Quaternary period through basaltic eruptions and is one of the most prominent volcanoes in the highlands of central Honduras. It is characterized by being of low angle although it has a huge diameter that has meant that over the centuries there have been human settlements in it. At the top is a huge 300 square meter pond known as "''Laguna el pedregal''", which was formed from the crater, which after centuries of rain filled with water and formed the pond. Isolated remains of flows of the El Pedregal lava flows and separate vents are found in broad areas mainly to the west near Tegucigalpa. However, despite its large diameter of the volcano, no activity of its kind has been recorded during the last millennia, possibly because it is extinct since the last eruption in the vicinity of what is today Tegucig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comayagüela Panoramica
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comayagüela. Claimed on 29 September 1578 by the Spaniards, Tegucigalpa became the country's capital on October 30, 1880, under President Marco Aurelio Soto, when he moved the capital from Comayagua. The Constitution of Honduras, enacted in 1982, names the sister cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela as a Tegucigalpa#Central District, Central District to serve as the permanent national capital, under articles 8 and 295. After the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1841, Honduras became an individual sovereign nation with Comayagua as its capital. The capital was moved to Tegucigalpa in 1880. On January 30, 1937, Article 179 of the 1936 Honduran Constitution was changed under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
