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El Salvador · Volcanic field

Cerro Singüil

Singuil, Cerro

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
926m
Last eruption
Unknown
Cerro Singüil
Photo: Giuseppina Kysar, Smithsonian Institution · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Volcanic field
Country
El Salvador
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
926m
Coordinates
14.054, -89.631
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The most prominent feature of a volcanic field in the interior valley of El Salvador near the Guatemalan border SE of Volcán Chingo is Cerro Singüil.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

Nearby volcanoes

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