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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Cumbres, Las
The flat-topped summit of Las Cumbres volcanic complex, a Quaternary volcano NNE of Pico de Orizaba, is seen here from the NW across the Serdán-Oriental basin. A 3.5-4.5 km wide summit caldera is partially filled by the Cerro Gordo lava dome. At least one of a group of monogenetic cones, craters, and lava domes on the flanks of the volcano is of Holocene age. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1997 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
341098
Volcano Name:
Cumbres, Las
Country:
Mexico
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:
3920 BCE
Elevation:
3940m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
113
Pop. within 10km:
1923
Pop. within 30km:
315004
Pop. within 100km:
6365085
Latitude:
19.15
Longitude:
-97.27
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The Las Cumbres volcanic complex, a Quaternary center about 15 km NNE of Pico de Orizaba, contains a 3.5-4.5 km wide summit caldera narrowly breached on the east side. A dacitic lava dome (Cerro Gordo or El Cumbre Grande) lies in the center of the caldera. A group of monogenetic cones, explosion craters, and andesitic and rhyolitic lava domes is located north and south of Cerro las Cumbres. Three of these, Xalista and El Rodeo to the north, and Ixetal to the south, are obsidian domes. A major rhyolitic explosive eruption producing the Quetzalapa Pumice about 20,000 years ago originated from a vent on the lower NW flank of the Las Cumbres complex. Eruptive activity at the main Las Cumbres complex ceased during the late Pleistocene, although activity on the flanks of the edifice continued into the Holocene. The rhyolitic Yolotepec lava dome, north of Las Cumbres, has been radiocarbon dated at about 5900 years before present.
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