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Cinotepeque

Cinotepeque, Cerro

Volcanic field · El Salvador · 665m

Cerro El Chino is seen here from the east, just south of the town of Aguilares and is part of the Cerro Cinotepeque volcanic field, a large group of small Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcanoes and cones constructed along NW-SE-trending faults on either side of the Río Lempa west of Guazapa volcano. The Holocene Cerro Cinotepeque cone lies about 6 km NW of Cerro El Chino.
Cerro El Chino is seen here from the east, just south of the town of Aguilares and is part of the Cerro Cinotepeque volcanic field, a large group of small Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcanoes and cones constructed along NW-SE-trending faults on either side of the Río Lempa west of Guazapa volcano. The Holocene Cerro Cinotepeque cone lies about 6 km NW of Cerro El Chino. · Photo: Photo by Giuseppina Kysar, 1999 (Smithsonian Institution). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Volcanic field
Country
El Salvador
Region
Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
665m
Coordinates
14.020, -89.250
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
No Data (checked)
Geological summary

Cerro Cinotepeque is the largest and most prominent of a group of four pyroclastic cones mapped as Holocene by Weber and Weismann (1978) in low-lying areas on either side of the Río Lempa, ~40 km N of San Salvador. Cinotepeque lies south of the river; Cerro Colorado, Cerro Santiago, and Cerro Mosquito lie immediately north of the river. Two additional cones are about 10 km farther north, just beyond the town of Nuevo Concepcion. A large group of small Pleistocene stratovolcanoes and pyroclastic cones constructed along NW-SE-trending faults is located west and south of Cinotepeque and west of Guazapa volcano.

From Wikipedia

Cerro Cinotepeque is a volcano in El Salvador. The volcano is one of a series of small volcanoes stretching to the north of Aguilares, El Salvador.

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Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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