Tecuamburro
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Elevation | 1,845 metres (6,053 feet) |
Location | Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala |
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Type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | 960 BC ± 75 years |
Tecuamburro is a stratovolcano in southern Guatemala, roughly 50 kilometres south east of Guatemala City. The Tecuamburro is an andesitic stratovolcano which formed approximately 38,000 years ago inside a horseshoe-shaped caldera formed by a structural failure in a second, 100,000-year-old stratovolcano, known as Miraflores. At the top of the Tecuamburro is an acidic crater lake around which many hot springs, fumaroles, and boiling mudpots are found.