GVP volcano 342060 · no holder yet
Atitlan
Atitlan is a 3,535 m stratovolcano in Guatemala, last erupted in 1853.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,535 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1853
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1853
- Eruptions
- 13 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 14.58°N 91.19°W · Guatemala
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 342060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).