Key facts
- Elevation
- 1,950 m (6,400 ft)
- Location
- El Salvador
- Parent range
- Cordillera de Apaneca
- Topo map
- yes
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Rock type s
- Andesite , Basaltic andesite
- Volcanic arc
- Central America Volcanic Arc
- Last eruption
- October to November 1966
via Wikipedia infobox
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Izalco is an active 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 (when it formed) to 1958 earning it the nickname of "Lighthouse of the Pacific", and experienced a flank eruption in 1966. During an eruption in 1926, the village of Matazano was buried and 56 people were killed. The volcano erupted on highly arable land which was used for the production of coffee, cacao, and sugar cane.
Geology and mineralogy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Izalco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.