Cuxliquel Volcano
Updated: May 20, 2024 17:55 GMT -
Lava dome(s) 3029 m / 9938 ft
Guatemala, 14.89°N / -91.4°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Guatemala, 14.89°N / -91.4°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Cuxliquel volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
A Quaternary lava-dome complex lies in the center of a semi-arcuate depression of uncertain origin near the city of Totonicapán. A small symmetrical lava dome, Cerro de Oro, is located on the ESE flank of the larger edifice, 3029-m-high Cuxliquel. The headwaters of the Río Samalá trace an arcuate path around the dome complex beginning on its SE side around to the north side and then to the SW. Thick Los Chocoyos pyroclastic-flow deposits from the eruption that formed Atitlán caldera to the SE fill much of the basin and extend down the Río Samalá to the SW.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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