Location Chiquimula, Guatemala Last eruption Unknown | Mountain type Volcanic field Elevation 1,200 m | |
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Similar Volcán Ipala, Estadio Las Victorias, Suchitan, Chingo, Estadio Jorge Calero S | ||
Quezaltepeque is a volcanic field in Chiquimula, Guatemala at 14°34′0″N 89°27′0″W. It has erupted in the Holocene. It is an area of basaltic lava flows was erupted from vents along a north-south trending fault without explosions, cutting through Tertiary pyroclastic rocks WNW of Ipala volcano about 5 km south of Quezaltepeque town. These basaltic flows issued passively from vents along a N-S-trending fault without accompanying explosive activity. There are mounds of lava over the vents.
Contents
Map of Quezaltepeque, Guatemala
Etymology
Nahuatl quetzaltepēc = "at the quetzal feather hill" or "at the tall upstanding hill".
References
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