GVP volcano 341130 · no holder yet
Tacana
Tacana is a 4,064 m stratovolcano on the Mexico–Guatemala border, last erupted in 1986.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,064 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1986
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 70 CE
- Eruptions
- 10 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 15.13°N 92.11°W · Mexico-Guatemala
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 341130
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).