Cordillera de Apaneca
| Cordillera de Apaneca | ||
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 Cordillera de Apaneca |
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| Highest peak | Cerro el Aguila ( 2381 m ) | |
| location | El Salvador | |
| part of | Cordilleras | |
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 54 ′ N , 89 ° 42 ′ W | |
| Type | Chain of stratovolcanoes | |
The Cordillera de Apaneca ( English Apaneca Range ) is a group of stratovolcanoes in the west of El Salvador between the Santa Ana volcanic complex and the border with Guatemala . The highest point of the chain is the 2,381 meter high stratovolcano Santa Ana .
At the east end of the chain is the stratovolcano Cerro los Naranjos (1,969 m), at the west end is the stratovolcano Las Ninfas with a crater lake about 500 by 300 meters . Also at the western end of the volcanic chain is the 5 × 3.5 kilometer caldera Ataco . On the northern flank there are numerous fumarole fields and a geothermal power plant that has been supplying energy since 1975. In October 1990, 26 people were killed in a hydrothermal explosion in the Agua Shuca thermal area .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Apaneca Range Volcano - John Seach , accessed July 7, 2009.
Web links
- Cordillera de Apaneca in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)