Honduras · Stratovolcano
Tiger Island
Tigre, Isla del
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 774m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Honduras
- Region
- Middle America & Caribbean / Central America Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 774m
- Coordinates
- 13.274, -87.639
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Isla del Tigre is a small, 5-km-wide island located across a narrow 2-km-wide strait S of Isla Zacate Grande in the Gulf of Fonseca.
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From Wikipedia
El Tigre is an island located in the Gulf of Fonseca, a body of water on the Pacific coast of Central America. The island is a conical basaltic stratovolcano and the southernmost volcano in Honduras. It belongs to Valle department. Together with Isla Zacate Grande, Isla Comandante and a few tiny satellite islets and rocks, it forms the municipality of Amapala, with an area of 75.2 km2 (29.0 sq mi) and a population of 9,687 as of the census of 2001.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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