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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Acatenango
Acatenango (right) is seen here with Fuego at the center in 1986. Volcán Acatenango was constructed during three eruptive periods post-dating the roughly 84,000-year-old Los Chocoyos Ash from Atitlán caldera. The eruptive period of Yepocapa, the northern peak of Acatenango, ceased about 20,000 years ago. The eruption of the southern and highest cone, Pico Mayor began at that time. Photo by Bill Rose, 1986 (Michigan Technological University).
Volcano Number:
342080
Volcano Name:
Acatenango
Country:
Guatemala
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano(es)
Last Eruption:
1972 CE
Elevation:
3976m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
4329
Pop. within 10km:
60730
Pop. within 30km:
1042836
Pop. within 100km:
7634778
Latitude:
14.501
Longitude:
-90.876
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Acatenango is ~15 km SW of the city of Antigua, Guatemala, and 3 km N of Fuego volcano. Both edifices were constructed during three eruptive periods post-dating the roughly 85,000-year-old Los Chocoyos tephra from Atitlán caldera. An older Acatenango edifice collapsed to the south sometime prior to 43,000 years ago, forming La Democracia debris-avalanche deposit, which covers a wide area of the Pacific coastal plain. Construction of the Yepocapa cone, ~900 m N of the main crater, was completed about 20,000 years ago, after which growth of the larger southern cone, Pico Central (also known as Pico Mayor), began. The first well-documented eruptions took place from 1924 to 1927 CE. Francisco Vasquez, writing in 1690 CE, noted that in 1661 a volcano that lay aside of Fuego "opened a smoking mouth and still gives off smoke from another three, but without noise."
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