El Salvador · Caldera
Lake Ilopango
Ilopango
- Type
- Caldera
- Elevation
- 450m
- Last eruption
- 1880
- Type
- Caldera
- Country
- El Salvador
- Region
- Middle America & Caribbean / Central America Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 450m
- Coordinates
- 13.672, -89.053
- Last eruption
- 1880
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Caldera
- Major rock type
- Dacite
Geological summary
The 8 x 11 km Ilopango caldera, filled by one of El Salvador's largest lakes, has a scalloped 150-500 m high rim.
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From Wikipedia
Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills an 8 by 11 km: 70.5 km2 (27.2 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments. The caldera, which contains the second largest lake in the country and is immediately east of the capital city, San Salvador, has a scalloped 100 m (330 ft) to 500 m (1,600 ft) high rim. Any surplus drains via the Jiboa River to the Pacific Ocean. The local military airbase, Ilopango International Airport, has annual airshows where international pilots from all over the world fly over San Salvador City and Ilopango lake.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 450 (±30 yrs) – 1880
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 6 (450)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 1879VEI 3Observed1879-12-31 – 1880-03-26Islas Quemadas, Lake Ilopango
- 450 (±30 yrs)VEI 6Geological estimate450 – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
External links
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