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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Coatepeque Caldera
The 7 x 10 km Coatepeque caldera is seen here from the Santa Ana summit. The caldera formed during a series of major explosive eruptions between about 70,000 and 57,000 years ago. Post-caldera eruptions included the formation of basaltic scoria cones and lava flows near the western margin of the caldera and the extrusion of lava domes, including Cerro Grande, the island in the W side of the caldera lake. Photo by Lee Siebert, 2002 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
343041
Volcano Name:
Coatepeque Caldera
Country:
El Salvador
Volcano Type:
Caldera
Elevation:
746m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
616730
Pop. within 10km:
616730
Pop. within 30km:
1210307
Pop. within 100km:
6486011
Latitude:
13.87
Longitude:
-89.55
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Coatepeque is a 6.5 x 11.5 km collapse caldera ~50 km W of San Salvador that is largely occupied by a lake with hot springs near the margins. The height of the caldera rim increases on its W side, where it intersects the E flank of Santa Ana. The caldera was formed during a series of major rhyolitic explosive eruptions between ~72,000 and 51,000 years ago. Post-caldera eruptions included the formation of basaltic cinder cones and lava flows near the western margin of the caldera and the extrusion of rhyodacitic lava domes along a NE-SW line near the caldera lake margins. The highest dome forms Isla de Cabra, or Cerro Grande. The age of the domes is not known precisely, but the youngest dome, Cerro Pacho, was estimated to have formed less than 10,000 years ago. No verified eruptions have been recorded.
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