List of volcanoes in El Salvador - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	meters	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Apaneca Range	2036	6680	13.891°N 89.786°W	Holocene
Apastepeque Volcanic Field	700	2297	13.72°N 88.77°W	Holocene
Chingo Chingo Volcán Chingo is a stratovolcano in southeastern Guatemala, on the border with El Salvador....	1775	5823	14°07′00"N 89°44′00"W	Holocene
Cerro Cinotepeque	665	2182	14.02°N 89.25°W	Holocene
Cerro Singüil	957	3140	14.05°N 89.65°W	Holocene
Chinameca Chinameca (volcano) Chinameca is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador. It lies north of San Miguel volcano and rises over the town of Chinameca. The volcano is topped by a wide caldera known as Laguna Seca el Pacayal, and a satellite cone on the west side, Cerro el Limbo, rises higher than the caldera rim...	1300	4265	13.478°N 88.330°W	Holocene
Coatepeque Caldera Coatepeque Caldera Coatepeque Caldera also known as Lago De Coatepeque is a volcanic caldera in El Salvador in Central America. The caldera was formed during a series of major rhyolitic explosive eruptions between about 72,000 and 57,000 years ago...	746	2447	13.87°N 89.55°W	Holocene
Conchagua Conchagua (volcano) Conchagua is a stratovolcano in southeastern El Salvador, overlooking the Gulf of Fonseca. Cerro del Ocote and Cerro de la Bandera are the two main summits, with Bandera appearing younger and more conical . There are active fumarolic areas on both peaks, but no confirmed historical eruptions. It...	1225	4019	13.275°N 87.845°W	Unknown
Conchaguita	505	1657	13.229°N 87.767°W	1892
El Tigre	1640	5381	13.47°N 88.43°W	Holocene
Guazapa	1438	4718	13.90°N 89.12°W	Holocene
Ilopango	450	1476	13.672°N 89.053°W	1880
Izalco Izalco (volcano) Izalco is a stratovolcano on the side of the Santa Ana Volcano, which is located in western El Salvador. It is situated on the southern flank of the Santa Ana volcano. Izalco erupted almost continuously from 1770 to 1958 earning it the nickname of "Lighthouse of the Pacific", and experienced a...	1950	6398	13.813°N 89.633°W	1966
Laguna Aramuaca	181	594	13.428°N 88.105°W	Holocene
San Diego	781	2562	14.27°N 89.48°W	Holocene
San Miguel San Miguel (volcano) San Miguel is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador. It is situated about 15 km southwest of the city of San Miguel. It is one of the most active volcanoes in this country.- References :*...	2130	6988	13.434°N 88.269°W	2002
San Salvador San Salvador (volcano) The San Salvador Volcano is a stratovolcano situated northwest to the city of San Salvador. The crater has been nearly filled with a relatively newer edifice, the Boquerón volcano....	1893	6211	13.734°N 89.294°W	1917
San Vicente San Vicente (volcano) San Vicente is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador. It is located next to the town of San Vicente 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...	2182	7159	13.595°N 88.837°W	Holocene
Santa Ana Santa Ana Volcano The Santa Ana Volcano or Ilamatepec is a large stratovolcano located in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. At 2,381 metres above sea level, it is the highest volcano in the country. It is located immediately west of Coatepeque Caldera....	2381	7812	13.853°N 89.630°W	2005
Taburete Taburete Taburete is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, rising above the coastal plain between the San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes, and just west of Usulután volcano. It is topped by a well-preserved, 150–300 m deep summit crater, with the true summit on the south side of the crater rim....	1172	3845	13.435°N 88.532°W	Holocene
Tecapa	1593	5226	13.494°N 88.502°W	Holocene
Usulután Usulután (volcano) Usulután is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, rising above the coastal plain between the San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes, and just east of Taburete volcano. The volcano is topped by a wide summit crater which is breached to the east....	1449	4754	13.419°N 88.471°W	Holocene

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