Quezaltepeque (volcano)

Infobox Mountain
Name = Quezaltepeque
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Elevation = 1,200 metres (3,937 feet)
Location = Chiquimula Department, Guatemala
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Coordinates = coord|14.57|N|89.45|W|
Topographic

Type = Volcanic field
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Last eruption= Unknown
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Quezaltepeque is a volcanic field in Guatemala at coord|14|34|0|N|89|27|0|W. It has erupted in the Holocene. It is an area of basaltic lava flows was erupted from vents along a north-south trending fault without explosions, cutting through Tertiary pyroclastic rocks WNW of Ipala volcano about 5 km south of Quezaltepeque town. These basaltic flows issued passively from vents along a N-S-trending fault without accompanying explosive activity. There are mounds of lava over the vents.

Etymology

Nahuatl "quetzaltepēc" = "at the quetzal feather hill" or "at the tall upstanding hill".

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Guatemala

References

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