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  2. Izalco (volcano) - Wikipedia

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    Izalco is an active stratovolcano [2] on the side of the Santa Ana Volcano, which is located in western El Salvador. It is situated on the southern flank of the Santa Ana volcano. Izalco erupted almost continuously from 1770 (when it formed) to 1958 [3] earning it the nickname of "Lighthouse of the Pacific", and experienced a flank eruption in ...

  3. Izalco - Wikipedia

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    Izalco (Pipil: Itzalku) [1] is a town and a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. Volcan Izalco is an icon of the country of El Salvador, a very young volcano on the flank of Santa Ana volcano. From when it was born in 1770 until 1966, it was in almost continuous eruption and was known as the "lighthouse of the Pacific."

  4. Geography of El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    The westernmost group, near the Guatemalan border, contains Izalco and Santa Ana, which at 2,365 meters is the highest volcano in El Salvador. [1] Between the cones lie alluvial basins and rolling hills eroded from ash deposits. [ 1 ]

  5. List of stratovolcanoes - Wikipedia

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    Mount Vesuvius, located 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) east of Naples in Campania. Famous for its violent eruption in August 24, A.D. 79. Its last eruption happened in March 1944. Designated a Decade Volcano. Stromboli and Vulcano, two of the Lipari Islands. The former has been continuously erupting for more than two millennia, making it the second ...

  6. Santa Ana, El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    The Apaneca Range, which is located in the southern part of town and home to the Santa Ana volcano (which is the highest volcano in the country), the Izalco volcano (which the youngest volcano in the country having originated in 1770), and the Cerro Verde, located in the Natural Park of Cerro Verde (which was re-opened after a closure in 2001 ...

  7. List of volcanoes by elevation - Wikipedia

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    Mountain Metres Feet Location and Notes Risco Plateado: 4,999: 16,401: Argentina Mount Blackburn: 4,996: 16,391: Alaska, United States Santa Isabel: 4,950: 16,240

  8. Volcano - Wikipedia

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    Izalco erupted almost continuously from 1770 (when it formed) to 1958, earning it the nickname of "Lighthouse of the Pacific". Cinder cones result from eruptions of mostly small pieces of scoria and pyroclastics (both resemble cinders, hence the name of this volcano type) that build up around the vent.

  9. Mesoamerica - Wikipedia

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    In world history, Mesoamerica was the ... Izalco in El Salvador, ... It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala.