Wikiplacemarks.com  
 



Find us on Google+

El Chichón volcano

View on map:17.360000°N 93.227780°W

El Chichón


El Chichón

El Chichón, also known as Chichonal (roughly translated in English as "The bump") is an active volcano in Francisco León Municipality in northwestern Chiapas, Mexico. Its only recorded eruptive activity was on March 28, April 3 and April 4, 1982, when it produced a one km-wide caldera that then filled with an acidic crater lake. The number of deaths, although unknown, is estimated around 2,000.[2] It had high-sulfur anhydrite-bearing magma, explosive eruptions, pyroclastic flows, and surges that were devastating to the area surrounding the volcano.

References

All text is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Average user rating: Not rated

Click on a star to rate
 

Do you have a form that you would like to turn into an application?

Please share your ideas with us.

Contact us...