GVP volcano 344080 · no holder yet
Las Pilas-El Hoyo Complex
Las Pilas-El Hoyo Complex is a 1,088 m volcanic complex in Nicaragua, last erupted in 1954.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,088 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1954
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1954
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 12.49°N 86.68°W · Nicaragua
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 344080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).