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Volcán de Fuego (Spanish pronunciation: [bolˈkan de ˈfweɣo]; Spanish for "Volcano of Fire", often shortened to Fuego) or Chi Q'aq' (Kaqchikel for "where the fire is") is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala, on the borders of Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepéquez departments.
Volcán de Agua (also known as Junajpú by Maya) is an extinct stratovolcano located in the departments of Sacatepéquez and Escuintla in Guatemala.At 3,760 m (12,340 ft), Agua Volcano towers more than 3,500 m (11,500 ft) above the Pacific coastal plain to the south and 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above the Guatemalan Highlands to the north.
Major volcanoes in Guatemala. This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in Guatemala. [1] Volcanoes. Name Elevation (m) Elevation (ft) Coordinates
The volcanic ash fall pelted Guatemala City, and the international airport, La Aurora. The National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) declared a red alert for the communities near the volcano and recommended the evacuation of some of them. Noti7 reporter Anibal Archila, one of the first to cover the event, was reportedly killed by ...
Nearly 300 people have been declared dead or missing in the disaster zone around the Fuego volcano in Guatemala. Photos from deadly Guatemala volcano show area totally covered in ash, as nearly ...
The volcano was known as Gagxanul in the local Kʼicheʼ language, which means "Naked Volcano or Mountain", before the 16th century Spanish conquest of the region. [2] [3] The VEI-6 eruption of Santa María Volcano in 1902 was one of the three largest eruptions of the 20th century, after the 1912 Novarupta and 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruptions. It ...
Volcán Tajumulco is a large stratovolcano in the department of San Marcos in western Guatemala. It is the highest mountain in Central America at 4,203 metres (13,789 ft). It is part of the mountain range of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas , which begins in Mexico 's southernmost state of Chiapas .
English: For the easy hike it requires, Volcano Pacaya, Guatemala, offers more than a rewarding view over volcanoes Fuego, Acatenango and Agua.This photo was taken from the Pacaya volcano in nearly the west direction (280 degrees) and the alignment of volcanoes is due to be on the Central American Volcanic Arc in the northern portion of this arc (belt) which belongs to Caribbean Plate.