San Vicente (volcano)

San Vicente (volcano)
San Vicente

San Vicente in 1994
Elevation 2,182 m (7,159 ft)
Listing Breast shaped hills
Location
San Vicente is located in El Salvador
San Vicente
Location in El Salvador
Location El Salvador
Coordinates 13°35′42″N 88°50′13″W / 13.595°N 88.837°W / 13.595; -88.837Coordinates: 13°35′42″N 88°50′13″W / 13.595°N 88.837°W / 13.595; -88.837
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption Unknown

San Vicente (also known as Chichontepec or Las Chiches) is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador. It is located next to the town of San Vicente (hence the name) and is the second highest volcano in El Salvador. In the indigenous language Nahuat, Chichontepec means the mountain of the two breasts, because its double summit resembles a woman's bosom. The volcano has 2 craters located 1 in each summit, although not exactly at the top. Dense vegetation covers both summits. Numerous hot springs and fumaroles are found on the northern and western flanks of the volcano. To the northeast, at 820 meters in a ravine of 180 meters of longitude, there are fumaroles -- fountains of clear and muddy water or small volcanoes of mud.

The last significant eruption occurred more than 1,700 years ago. The volcano may have had a very long history of repeated, and sometimes violent, eruptions, and at least once a large section of the volcano collapsed in a massive landslide.

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