Key facts
- Elevation
- 4260 m (13,976 ft)
- Prominence
- 600 m (2,000 ft)
- Listing
- North America highest peak 60th North America prominent 25th North America isolated peak 46th Mexico highest major peaks
- Location
- Jalisco / Colima , Mexico
- Parent range
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
- Rock age
- 5 million years
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Volcanic belt
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
- Last eruption
- October 17, 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 3850
- Image
- Colima Landsat image.jpg
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- Commons category
- Colima Volcano
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- Volcán de Colima
- topographic prominence
- 600
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Colima volcano as seen by the Landsat satellite
The Volcán de Colima, 4,260 m (13,980 ft), also known as Volcán de Fuego, is part of the Colima Volcanic Complex (CVC) consisting of Volcán de Colima, Nevado de Colima ( Spanish pronunciation: [neˈβaðo ðe koˈlima] ) and the eroded El Cántaro (listed as extinct). It is the youngest of the three and as of 2015 is one of the most active volcanoes in Mexico and in North America. Having been active for nearly 5 million years, and with frequent eruptions, the Volcán de Colima is considered a stratovolcano. "Volcán de Fuego is an active stratovolcano, the most explosive and dangerous of all of Mexico" (Colima). It has erupted more than 40 times since 1576. One of the largest eruptions was on January 20–24, 1913. Nevado de Colima, also known as Tzapotépetl, lies 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of its more active neighbor and is the taller of the two at 4,271 meters (14,012 feet). It is the 25th-most prominent peak in North America.