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Isla El Tigre Volcano

Updated: Apr 26, 2024 12:15 GMT -
stratovolcano 783 m / 2,569 ft
Honduras, 13.27°N / -87.64°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Isla El Tigre volcano is a small basaltic stratovolcano that forms the small, 5-km-wide island of the same name. It is located across a narrow 2-km-wide strait south of Isla Zacate Grande in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras. It is the southernmost volcano of Honduras and probably still active.
El Vigía is a small isolated flank cone near the village of Amapala on the NW flank of the island.

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Typical eruption style: effusive
Isla El Tigre volcano eruptions: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago

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TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Apr 18, 09:03 pm (El Salvador)
2.4

169 km
20 km (12 mi) to the SW North Pacific Ocean, 27 km southeast of La Union, La Union, El Salvador
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