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Volcán de Flores

Flores

Tipo
Campo volcánico
Altitud
1600 m
Última erupción
Desconocido
Volcán de Flores
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Tipo
Campo volcánico
País
Guatemala
Región
América Central y Caribe / Central America Volcanic Arc
Altitud
1600 m
Coordenadas
14.308, -89.992
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Zona de subducción / Corteza continental (> 25 km)
Forma volcánica
Grupo volcánico
Roca principal
Basalto / Picrobasalto
Resumen geológico

Volcán de Flores is one of the largest of a cluster of small stratovolcanoes located in SE Guatemala behind the volcanic front. Also known as Volcán Amayo, it lies ~10 km W of the city of Jutiapa, at the SW end of the SE Guatemala volcanic platform. The summit rises ~600 m above a basement of Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks and contains a shallow crater breached on its eastern side. Satellitic cones occur at the southern and eastern base of the dominantly basaltic volcano, and youthful lava flows occur at the NE base, near El Aguacite.

Resumen de Wikipedia

Resumen en inglés

Volcán de Flores is the most prominent stratovolcano in a volcanic field composed of several small volcanoes in southern Guatemala. With an elevation of 1,600 m, it is located approximately 10 km west of the city of Jutiapa.

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