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Taburete

Stratovolcano · El Salvador · 1172m

Taburete volcano (seen here from the SW) rises above the Pacific coastal plain, east of the Río Lempa. Taburete lies across an 800-m-high saddle from Tecapa volcano, visible to the left. The flat area to the left of the summit is a 150-300 m deep crater.
Taburete volcano (seen here from the SW) rises above the Pacific coastal plain, east of the Río Lempa. Taburete lies across an 800-m-high saddle from Tecapa volcano, visible to the left. The flat area to the left of the summit is a 150-300 m deep crater. · Photo: Photo by Lee Siebert, 1999 (Smithsonian Institution). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
El Salvador
Region
Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1172m
Coordinates
13.435, -88.532
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Taburete volcano rises above the Pacific coastal plain E of the Río Lempa at the SW end of a cluster of volcanoes between San Vincente and San Miguel volcanoes. Basaltic to basaltic andesite, it is elongated in a NW-SE direction and overlaps with Tecapa volcano to the NE. Its summit forms a prominent peak that rises above the southern crater rim. A well-preserved, 150-300 m deep summit crater has a low point on its eastern rim. A fairly recent lava flow descends the S flank (Williams and McBirney, 1955). Loma Pacha cone on the lower SE flank fed a thick lava flow that traveled 1 km SE. The age of the most recent eruption is not precisely known, and Weber and Wiesemann (1978) did not map its Holocene deposits.

From Wikipedia

Taburete is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, rising above the coastal plain between the San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes, and just west of Usulután volcano. It is topped by a well-preserved, 150–300 m (490–980 ft) deep summit crater, with the true summit on the south side of the crater rim.

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Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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