List Of Volcanoes In El Salvador
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in El Salvador. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Nicaragua References {{Central American volcanoes El Salvador Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...

Volcanoes
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater. For example, a mid-ocean ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates whereas the Pacific Ring of Fire has volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates, such as in the East African Rift and the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and Rio Grande rift in North America. Volcanism away from plate boundaries has been postulated to arise from upwelling diapirs from the core–mantle boundary, deep in the Earth. This results in hotspot volcanism, of which the Hawaiian hotspot is an example. Volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide pa ...
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San Diego Volcanic Field
The San Diego volcanic field is an extensive volcanic field on the El Salvador–Guatemala border of Central America. It consists of a group of basaltic cinder cones and lava flows, with the largest feature being Volcán de San Diego after which the volcanic field is named. Volcanism in the San Diego volcanic field took place north and east of Lake Güija which is dammed by a large basaltic lava flow from Volcán de San Diego. The volcanic field remains undated but may have been active within the last few thousand years. Volcanoes The San Diego volcanic field includes the following volcanoes: See also *List of volcanoes in El Salvador *List of volcanoes in Guatemala This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in Guatemala. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Mexico Footnotes ... References {{reflist Volcanic fields Volcanoes of El Sal ...
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Lists Of Volcanoes
These lists cover volcanoes by type and by location. Type * List of extraterrestrial volcanoes * List of largest volcanic eruptions * List of shield volcanoes * List of stratovolcanoes * List of subglacial volcanoes * List of submarine volcanoes * List of volcanoes by elevation Location Africa * List of volcanoes in Algeria * List of volcanoes in Cameroon * List of volcanoes in Cape Verde *List of volcanoes in Chad * List of volcanoes in the Comoros *List of volcanoes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * List of volcanoes in Djibouti *List of volcanoes in Equatorial Guinea * List of volcanoes in Eritrea *List of volcanoes in Ethiopia *List of volcanoes in Kenya * List of volcanoes in Libya *List of volcanoes in Madagascar *In Nigeria all the volcanoes are in the Biu Plateau *List of volcanoes in Réunion *List of volcanoes in Rwanda *São Tomé and Príncipe has only one volcano, Pico de São Tomé * List of volcanoes in South Africa *List of volcanoes in Sudan *List of ...
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List Of Volcanoes In Nicaragua
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Nicaragua. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in Costa Rica * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Panama References {{Central American volcanoes Nicaragua Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...

List Of Volcanoes In Honduras
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Honduras. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Guatemala * List of volcanoes in Nicaragua * References {{Honduras topics Honduras Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...

List Of Volcanoes In Guatemala
This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in Guatemala. Volcanoes See also * Central America Volcanic Arc * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of volcanoes in Honduras * List of volcanoes in Mexico Footnotes References {{Central American volcanoes Guatemala *List Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...

Central America Volcanic Arc
The Central American Volcanic Arc (often abbreviated to CAVA) is a chain of volcanoes which extends parallel to the Pacific coastline of the Central American Isthmus, from Mexico to Panama. This volcanic arc, which has a length of 1,100 kilometers (680 mi)Rose, W., Conway, F., Pullinger, C., Deino, A. and McIntosh, W., 1999. An improved age framework for late Quaternary silicic eruptions in northern Central America. ''Bulletin of Volcanology'', 61(1-2), pp.106-120. is formed by an active subduction zone, with the Cocos Plate subducting underneath the Caribbean Plate.Álvarez-Gómez, J., Meijer, P., Martínez-Díaz, J. and Capote, R., 2008. Constraints from finite element modeling on the active tectonics of northern Central America and the Middle America Trench. ''Tectonics'', 27(1) The region has been volcanically and geologically active for at least the past several million years. Numerous volcanoes are spread throughout various Central American countries; many have been active i ...
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Usulután (volcano)
Usulután is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, rising above the coastal plain between the San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes, and just east of Taburete volcano. The volcano is topped by a wide summit crater which is breached to the east. See also * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of stratovolcanoes A list of stratovolcanoes follows below. Africa Cameroon * Mount Cameroon Democratic Republic of Congo * Mount Nyiragongo, Goma; designated as a Decade Volcano ** It contains an active lava lake inside its crater which overflowed due t ... References * Mountains of El Salvador Stratovolcanoes of El Salvador Usulután Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ...
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Tecapa
Tecapa is a complex stratovolcano in central El Salvador. See also * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of stratovolcanoes A list of stratovolcanoes follows below. Africa Cameroon * Mount Cameroon Democratic Republic of Congo * Mount Nyiragongo, Goma; designated as a Decade Volcano ** It contains an active lava lake inside its crater which overflowed due t ... References * Mountains of El Salvador Stratovolcanoes of El Salvador {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ...
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Taburete
Taburete is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, rising above the coastal plain between the San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes, and just west of Usulután volcano. It is topped by a well-preserved, deep summit crater, with the true summit on the south side of the crater rim. See also * List of volcanoes in El Salvador * List of stratovolcanoes A list of stratovolcanoes follows below. Africa Cameroon * Mount Cameroon Democratic Republic of Congo * Mount Nyiragongo, Goma; designated as a Decade Volcano ** It contains an active lava lake inside its crater which overflowed due t ... References * Mountains of El Salvador Stratovolcanoes of El Salvador {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ...
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Santa Ana Volcano
The Santa Ana Volcano or Ilamatepec ( es, volcán de Santa Ana) is a large stratovolcano located in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. At above sea level, it is the highest volcano in the country. It is located immediately west of Coatepeque Caldera. The volcano was the inspiration for one of the active volcanoes in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's famous French novella (The Little Prince), based on his life with his Salvadoran wife Consuelo de Saint Exupéry, who was The Rose in the story. Geography The summit of Santa Ana features four nested calderas and volcanic craters, with the innermost containing a small crater lake. Collapse of the summit during the late Pleistocene (inferring from underlying soil samples, the upper age limit is no more than 57,000 years ago) produced a massive debris avalanche that reached the Pacific Ocean, forming the Acajutla Peninsula. Subsequent eruptions have largely rebuilt the edifice. There have been numerous historical eruptions s ...
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San Vicente (volcano)
San Vicente (also known as Chichontepec or Las Chiches) is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador. It is located next to the town of San Vicente (hence the name) and is the second highest volcano in El Salvador. In the indigenous language Nahuat, Chichontepec means ''the mountain of the two breasts'', because its double summit resembles a woman's bosom. The volcano has two craters, one located in each summit, although not exactly at the top. Dense vegetation covers both summits. Numerous hot springs and fumaroles are found on the northern and western flanks of the volcano. To the northeast, at 820 metres in a ravine of 180 metres longitude, there are fumaroles—fountains of clear and muddy water or small volcanoes of mud. The last significant eruption occurred more than 1,700 years ago. The volcano may have had a very long history of repeated, and sometimes violent, eruptions, and at least once a large section of the volcano collapsed in a massive landslide. On August 9, 19 ...
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