GVP volcano 343060 · no holder yet

Ilopango

Ilopango is a 450 m caldera in El Salvador, last erupted in 1880.

Type

Caldera

Summit

450 m above sea level

Rock

Dacite

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

1880

Largest known

VEI 6, colossal, 450 CE

Eruptions

2 confirmed in the record

Where

13.67°N 89.05°W · El Salvador

Region

Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 343060

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