Volcán San Pedro (or Las Yeguas) is a 3,020-metre (9,908 ft) stratovolcano on the shores of Lago de Atitlán, in the Sololá Department of southern Guatemala. It is part of the mountain range of the Sierra Madre.
Volcán San Pedro | |
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Las Yeguas | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,020 m (9,910 ft)[1] |
Listing | Volcanoes in Guatemala |
Coordinates | 14°39′21″N 91°15′57″W / 14.65583°N 91.26583°W |
Geography | |
Location | Sololá, Guatemala |
Parent range | Sierra Madre |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | unknown |
At the base of the volcano is the village of San Pedro La Laguna.
Notes
edit- ^ INSIVUMEH. "Localización de los volcanes de Guatemala" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-03-15.
References
edit- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
External links
edit- San Pedro, Lake Atitlan video showing the view from the top.