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Quezaltepeque (volcano)

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Location
  
Last eruption
  
Unknown

Mountain type
  
Elevation
  
1,200 m

Quezaltepeque (volcano)

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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

Quezaltepeque (volcano) Wikipedia


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