Coatepeque

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The Coatepeque caldera photographed from afar

 

Coatepeque is a Holocene caldera. There has been no volcanic activity at Coatepeque in historic time.

 

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Sunset photo with a silhouette of a mountian


Photographs by Steve O'Meara of Volcano Watch International.

 


Sources of Information:

McClelland, L., Simkin, T., Summers, M., Nielsen, E., and Stein, T.C., 1989, Global Volcanism 1975-1985: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 655 p.

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.

 

Latitude (DD)
13.86
Longitude (dd)
-89.54
Elevation (m)
746
Country
El Salvador
Type
Caldera