La Yeguada

La Yeguada
La Yeguada (foreground) in 1994. Laguna La Yeguada is also visible.
Elevation	1,297 m (4,255 ft)
Location
La Yeguada Panama
Range	Serranía de Tabasará
Coordinates	8°28′12″N 80°49′12″W / 8.47°N 80.82°W / 8.47; -80.82Coordinates: 8°28′12″N 80°49′12″W / 8.47°N 80.82°W / 8.47; -80.82
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1620 ± 100 years

La Yeguada (also known as Chitra-Calobre) is a massive volcanic complex located in Veraguas Province, Panama, north of the Azuero Peninsula.

Exploration

The region was explored by several Panamanian adventurers and filibusters, which discovered that the mountain range was indeed not home for a volcano, but more for a caldera. The region is also home to several sorts of trees, mainly, Guayacanes which are now one of the most abundant trees in the region of Azuero, the valley is also an agricultural grassland since the Laguna La Yeguada' works as a natural irrigation system which prevents the region's animals and plants from dehydration.^{[citation needed]}

The woods in the valley is where most of the Panamanian Cedro wood is produced.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Panama

References

• "La Yeguada". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=140601-A.