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El Valle Volcano | John Seach
Panamá
8.58 N, 80.17 W
summit elevation 1185 m
Stratovolcano
El Valle Volcano is located 80 km SW of Panama City. The volcano contains 6 km wide El Valle de Antón caldera. Cerro Pajita, Cerro Gaital, and Cerro Caracoral comprise a dome complex.
The volcano contains a geothermal field.
Further reading
Hidalgo, Paulo J., et al. "Origin of silicic volcanism in the Panamanian arc: evidence for a two-stage fractionation process at El Valle volcano." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 162.6 (2011): 1115-1138.
Defant, Mare J., et al. "Andesite and dacite genesis via contrasting processes: the geology and geochemistry of El Valle Volcano, Panama." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 106.3 (1991): 309-324.
El Valle Volcano Eruptions
13,000 years ago.