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The Central American Volcanic Arc (often abbreviated to CAVA) is a chain of volcanoes which extends parallel to the Pacific coastline of the Central American Isthmus, from Mexico to Panama. This volcanic arc, which has a length of 1,100 kilometers (680 mi) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is formed by an active subduction zone, with the Cocos plate subducting ...
Tacaná is the first large volcano, at the top of the row of captioned volcanoes on this image. Tacaná is the first of hundreds of volcanoes in a 1,500 km (930 mi) km row, arranged NW to SE, parallel to the Pacific Ocean coast of Central America , known as the Central America Volcanic Arc , formed by an active subduction zone along the western ...
Tanzania – highest volcano outside South America; ... Peru – active volcano (2006) Pichu Pichu: ... Guatemala – highest mountain in Central America: Mauna Kea:
Category: Volcanoes of Central America. 8 languages. ... Calderas of Central America (12 P) C. Volcanoes of Costa Rica (1 C, 5 P) E. Volcanoes of El Salvador (1 C, 10 ...
Cerro Negro is an active volcano in the Cordillera de los Maribios mountain range in Nicaragua, about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the village of Malpaisillo.It is a very new volcano, the youngest in Central America, having first appeared in April 1850.
Popocatépetl, the country’s largest active volcano, is located in the states of Puebla, Morelos, and the state of Mexico in central Mexico. Approximately 25 million people live within a 60-mile ...
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Panama. Name Elevation ... Central America Volcanic Arc; ... Volcanoes of the World: ...
Pacaya is the largest post-caldera volcano, and has been one of Central America's most active volcanoes over the last 500 years. It has erupted at least 23 times since the Spanish conquest, [1] [8] producing basalt and basaltic andesite. [9] About 1,100 years ago the volcano's edifice collapsed, causing a huge landslide.