Volcán San Pedro
Appearance
Volcán San Pedro | |
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Las Yeguas | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,020 m (9,910 ft)[1] |
Listing | Volcanoes in Guatemala |
Coordinates | 14°39′21″N 91°15′57″W / 14.65583°N 91.26583°W |
Geography | |
Location | Sololá, Guatemala |
Parent range | Sierra Madre |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | unknown |
Volcán San Pedro (or Las Yeguas) is a 3,020-metre (9,908 ft) stratovolcano on the shores of Lago de Atitlán, in the Sololá Department of southern Guatemala. It is part of the mountain range of the Sierra Madre.
At the base of the volcano is the village of San Pedro La Laguna.
Notes
[edit]- ^ INSIVUMEH. "Localización de los volcanes de Guatemala" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-03-15.
References
[edit]- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
External links
[edit]- San Pedro, Lake Atitlan video showing the view from the top.