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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 country has over twenty volcanoes, although only two, San Miguel and Izalco, have been active in recent years. [1] From the early nineteenth century to the mid-1950s, Izalco erupted with a regularity that earned it the name "Lighthouse of the Pacific". [1]

  5. Scientists finally locate volcano that once erupted so ...

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    Scientists have solved the 200-year-old mystery of the location of a massive volcanic eruption that spewed such a large volume of gases that it blocked sunlight, making the sun appear blue.. The ...

  6. Tourism in El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    Izalco (volcano), "The Lighthouse of the Pacific". View from the town of Perquín in the department of Morazán. In recent decades, biodiversity and ecological balance of the country have suffered due to the harsh impacts of urban planning and pollution.

  7. Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii, sending lava spewing along ...

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    The volcano also erupted in June about a mile south of Kilauea caldera, marking the first eruption in that region of the volcano in about 50 years. The last one took place in December 1974. The ...

  8. Undersea volcano off West Coast could erupt soon but should ...

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    Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, which means it's shaped like a shield rather than a steep-sided cone volcano. Its caldera at the top is a few miles wide and long, and about 300 feet deep.

  9. Santa Ana, El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    In the southern part of the municipality is the Ilamatepec volcano, the highest volcano in the country, which had a moderate eruption in 2005 that killed two people. Close to it is another famous volcano, Izalco, known to sailors throughout the mid-19th century and early 20th century as "The lighthouse of the Pacific" due to its constant eruptions.