Tahual is a
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
in southern
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
.
See also
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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
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References
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Mountains of Guatemala
Volcano
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 ...
Stratovolcanoes of Guatemala
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