Quezaltepeque (volcano)

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Quezaltepeque
Elevation	1,200 metres (3,937 feet)
Location	Chiquimula Department, Guatemala
Coordinates	14.57° N 89.45° W
Type	Volcanic field
Last eruption	Unknown

Quezaltepeque is a volcanic field in Guatemala at 14°34′0″N, 89°27′0″W. It has erupted in the Holocene. It is an area of basaltic lava flows was erupted from vents along a north-south trending fault without explosions, cutting through Tertiary pyroclastic rocks WNW of Ipala volcano about 5 km south of Quezaltepeque town. These basaltic flows issued passively from vents along a N-S-trending fault without accompanying explosive activity. There are mounds of lava over the vents.

[edit] Etymology

Nahuatl quetzaltepēc = "at the quetzal feather hill" or "at the tall upstanding hill".

[edit] References

• Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Quezaltepeque