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Volcán Jumaytepeque

Jumaytepeque

Stratovolcano · Guatemala · 1802m

Jumaytepeque, on the center horizon, was constructed near the SE rim of a caldera, and is possibly Holocene. The volcano on the far horizon is Ixhuatán.
Jumaytepeque, on the center horizon, was constructed near the SE rim of a caldera, and is possibly Holocene. The volcano on the far horizon is Ixhuatán. · Photo: Photo by Jim Reynolds, 1975 (Brevard College).
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Guatemala
Region
Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1802m
Coordinates
14.340, -90.271
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Jumaytepeque is a small basaltic stratovolcano located NNE of the city of Cuilapa, north of the major NW-SE-trending Jalpatagua fault that cuts diagonally across SE Guatemala. The volcano was constructed near the SE rim of the large Miocene Santa Rosa de Lima caldera. It is not overlain by a ca. 23,000-year-old tephra unit from nearby Ayarza caldera, and its erosionally unmodified form suggests that Holocene activity is possible (Reynolds 2007, pers. comm.). Two older cinder cones to the north are covered with Ayarza tephra.

From Wikipedia

Volcán Jumaytepeque is a stratovolcano in south-eastern Guatemala. The 1,815-metre-high (5,955 ft) volcano is located about 7 km north-north-east of the city of Cuilapa, near the south-eastern rim of the large Miocene Santa Rosa de Lima caldera.

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Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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