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Guazapa is an eroded Pleistocene volcano NE of the capital city of San Salvador, and is seen here from the SW. There are several relatively young cones and lava flows of similar composition around the lower flanks. Photo by Carlos Pullinger, 1996 (Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales, El Salvador).

Guazapa is an eroded Pleistocene volcano NE of the capital city of San Salvador, and is seen here from the SW. There are several relatively young cones and lava flows of similar composition around the lower flanks.

Photo by Carlos Pullinger, 1996 (Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales, El Salvador).

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Guazapa

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