GVP volcano 341110 · no holder yet
San Martin
San Martin is a 1,660 m volcanic field in Mexico, last erupted in 1796.
- Type
- Volcanic field (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,660 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1796
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1793
- Eruptions
- 12 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 18.56°N 95.20°W · Mexico
- Region
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 341110
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).