El Salvador · Stratovolcano
Usulután
Usulutan
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1449m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- El Salvador
- Region
- Middle America & Caribbean / Central America Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1449m
- Coordinates
- 13.419, -88.471
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Usulután volcano anchors the SE end of a cluster of basaltic to basaltic andesite stratovolcanoes between San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes. The flanks of the forested volcano are dissected, but youthful lava flows are present on its southern flanks. The younger summit rocks of Usulután and the Cerro Nanzal pyroclastic cone on the lower SE flank were mapped as Holocene (Weber and Wiesemann, 1978). A broad 1.3-km-wide crater is breached to the E from the summit to its lower flank.
From Wikipedia
Usulután is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, rising above the coastal plain between the San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes, and just east of Taburete volcano. The volcano is topped by a 1.3 kilometres (0.8 mi) wide summit crater which is breached to the east.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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