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Colima volcano as seen by the Landsat satellite. The Volcán de Colima, 3,820 m (12,530 ft), also known as Volcán de Fuego, is part of the Colima Volcanic Complex (CVC) consisting of Volcán de Colima, Nevado de Colima (Spanish pronunciation: [neˈβaðo ðe koˈlima] ⓘ) [3] and the eroded El Cántaro (listed as extinct).
Nevado de Colima is older and inactive. Volcán de Fuego is Mexico's most active volcano. [2] The park adjoins El Jabalí Flora and Fauna Protection Area on the southwest. Bosque Mesófilo Nevado de Colima State Park in Jalisco is composed of four separate enclaves which adjoin the national park on the east and west flanks of the two peaks. [1]
The Colima Volcano, also called the Volcán de Fuego, is active and the Nevado de Colima is not. The Nevado de Colima is taller at 4,271 m (14,013 ft) and gives its name to the national park that surrounds it. The Colima Volcano, 3825 m (12,549 ft), has a pyramidal peak, in contrast to the other, which has been leveled somewhat. [13]
Major active volcanoes of Mexico. From west to east, volcanoes part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic belt are Nevado de Colima, Parícutin, Popocatépetl, and Pico de Orizaba. Prior to the formation of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, an older, but related volcanic belt, the Sierra Madre Occidental occupied the area.
The state park is located in the state of Jalisco, on the slopes of the volcanic peaks Nevado de Colima and Volcán de Colima. The park covers 72.14 km 2, and is composed of four separate enclaves. The two northern enclaves lie east and west of Nevado de Colima, and adjoin Nevado de Colima National Park. The southern enclaves lie east and west ...
The Volcano de Colima National Park is partly in the municipality and was decreed in 1936. El Jabalí was created in 1981 as a protected forest and wildlife refuge. The Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve was created in 1987 and the Las Huertas de Comala is protected area created in 1988.
“The western part of the Yellowstone caldera is waning,” said Ninfa Bennington, a volcano geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and lead author on a paper in Wednesday’s edition of ...
A volcano may be designated a Decade Volcano if it exhibits more than one volcanic hazard (people living near the Decade Volcanoes may experience tephra fall, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, lahars, volcanic edifice instability and lava dome collapse); shows recent geological activity; is located in a densely populated area (eruptions at any of ...