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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: San Diego
An extensive volcanic field of scoria cones and lava flows near Lake Güija is named after its largest feature, Volcán de San Diego (upper right). A large lava flow from the San Diego scoria cone dammed the drainage and was responsible for the formation of 12-km-long Lake Güija, which lies mostly in El Salvador and extends across the border into Guatemala. Cerro el Tule scoria cone in the center of the photo is near the eastern shore of the lake. Photo by Giuseppina Kysar, 1999 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
343001
Volcano Name:
San Diego
Country:
El Salvador-Guatemala
Volcano Type:
Volcanic field
Elevation:
781m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
130144
Pop. within 10km:
130144
Pop. within 30km:
316296
Pop. within 100km:
7169826
Latitude:
14.27
Longitude:
-89.48
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An extensive volcanic field of basaltic cinder cones and barren lava flows near Lake Güija, which straddles the border between El Salvador and Guatemala, is named after its largest feature, Volcán de San Diego. A large basaltic lava flow from the San Diego cinder cone dammed the drainage and was responsible for the formation of Lake Güija. Volcanism is concentrated in two areas near Lake Güija: volcanic cones including San Diego E of the lake, and small cones N of the lake near the Guatemalan border, N of the Río Ostua. None of the eruptions have been dated, but Williams and McBirney (1955) estimated that the latest eruption occurred within the past few thousand years. Quaternary volcanic rocks are also located across Lake Güija in Guatemala.
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