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Atitlán volcano

View on map:14.583330°N 91.186110°W

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Lago de Atitlán
14.736981°N 91.160352°W

The volcano on the left is Volcán Atitlán and the one on the right is Volcán Tolimán.

Atitlán volcano is a stratovolcano.

Atitlán


Atitlán

Volcán Atitlán is a large, conical, active stratovolcano adjacent to the caldera of Lake Atitlán in the Highlands of Guatemala. The volcano has been quite active historically, with more than a dozen eruptions recorded between 1469 and 1853, the date of its most recent eruption. Atitlán is part of the Central American Volcanic Arc. The arc is a chain of volcanoes stretching along Central America formed by subduction of the Cocos Plate underneath the Caribbean Plate. These volcanoes are part of the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean.

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