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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Suchitan
Suchitán volcano, seen here from the west on the rim of Retana caldera, is the highest of a group of closely spaced small volcanoes including scoria cones in SE Guatemala. The large peak to the left of the summit is Cerro Mataltepe; other scoria cones occur lower on the north flank. One of the more recent lava flows from Suchitán traveled through a low notch in the eastern caldera rim. The caldera once contained a lake, but now is used for agricultural land. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1993 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
342160
Volcano Name:
Suchitan
Country:
Guatemala
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano(es)
Elevation:
2042m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
4149
Pop. within 10km:
49376
Pop. within 30km:
421074
Pop. within 100km:
8257118
Latitude:
14.4
Longitude:
-89.78
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The summit of the andesitic-to-basaltic Volcán Suchitán stratovolcano, NE of the city of Jutiapa, is elongated N-S. Several large canyons cut the slopes of the dominantly andesitic edifice. A large cone, Cerro Mataltepe, is located on the upper N flank; two smaller cones are located on the lower N flank. Two Holocene basaltic lava flows are also present on the N and NW flanks (Williams et al., 1964), and many flank vents are basaltic. The volcano was constructed immediately E of the 5-km-wide basaltic-to-dacitic Retana caldera, formed in part in association with the eruption of a dacitic pumice deposit. Steep walls 60-250 m high rise above the flat caldera floor. One of the latest basaltic lava flows went through a low notch in the eastern caldera rim. Several lava cones and a maar are located along a N-S line N of Retana caldera. A reported eruption in 1469 CE is considered to have actually been from Atitlán volcano in the Guatemalan highlands.
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