Mexico · Stratovolcano
Sangangüey
Sanganguey
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2340m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Middle America & Caribbean / Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2340m
- Coordinates
- 21.450, -104.730
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Volcán Sangangüey, the highest volcano of the NW-SE-trending Tepic-Zacoalco graben, is an eroded andesitic and dacitic stratovolcano that contains a prominent lava spine at its summit.
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From Wikipedia
Sangangüey is an eroded stratovolcano standing 2340 meters tall in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Mexico. The volcano is located immediately southeast of Tepic in the state of Nayarit in Mexico. There has been no confirmed historical eruptions, and the volcano is believed to be dormant; although an indigenous legend recorded the volcano erupting in 1742. The eruption is believed to be one occurring on a flank cinder cone on the volcano. Within the last 300,000 years however, the volcano has produced 45 cinder cones and lava flows.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 0
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 1742VEI ?Method not stated1742 – end unknown
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