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Coatepeque Volcano | John Seach
El Salvador
13.87 N, 89.55 W
summit elevation 746 m
Caldera
Coatepeque Volcano is located 50 km west of San Salvador, El Salvador. It consists of a 6.5 x 11.5 km collapse caldera elongated NW.
The caldera contains a 5 km diameter lake with a depth of 120 m. The caldera walls rise above the lake to a maximum height 950 m on the southwest rim.
Eruptions from the volcano have produced 24 cubic km of tephra
which partially
covers southwestern El Salvador, and extends into Guatemala.
Coatepeque Volcano Eruptions
No recent eruptions.