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This is a list of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in Guatemala. [1] Volcanoes. Name Elevation (m) Elevation (ft) Coordinates Last eruption Acatenango [2] 3976:
Tolimán is a stratovolcano in Guatemala, on the southern shores of Lake Atitlán. Part of the Sierra Madre mountain range, the volcano has an elevation of 3,158 m (10,361 ft) and was formed near the southern margin of the Pleistocene Atitlán III caldera. The top of the volcano has a shallow crater and its flanks are covered with the thick ...
A map of Guatemala. Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. The country is located in Central America and bounded to the north and west by Mexico, to the east by Belize and by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, to the southeast by El Salvador, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.
The Highlands lie between 6360 ft and 13780 ft and are made up of a series of high [clarification needed] valleys enclosed by mountains. There are volcanoes which are both active and extinct. [1] [2] The local name for the region is Altos, meaning "highlands." [citation needed]
Part of the mountain range of the Sierra Madre, the volcano sits about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of Antigua, one of Guatemala's most famous cities and a tourist destination. [2] It has erupted frequently, most recently in June [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and November [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 2018, 23 September 2021, 11 December 2022, [ 8 ] and 4 May 2023.
These volcanoes are part of the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean. Volcán Atitlán is a few miles south of Volcán Tolimán, which rises from the southern shore of Lake Atitlán. Volcán San Pedro rises above Lake Atitlán northwest of Volcán Atitlán. A long narrow bay separates Volcán Atitlán and Volcán Toliman from Volcán San Pedro.
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.
Tecuamburro is a stratovolcano in southern Guatemala, roughly 50 kilometres south east of Guatemala City.The Tecuamburro is an andesitic stratovolcano which formed approximately 38,000 years ago inside a horseshoe-shaped caldera formed by a structural failure in a second, 100,000-year-old stratovolcano, known as Miraflores.