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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-07310

Steam lines going to the power plant snake across the surface of the Ahuachapán-Chipilapa geothermal field in western El Salvador.  The field is located on the northern flank of the Sierra de Apaneca range 15 km from the Guatemala border.  The Ahuachapán-Chipilapa field was the first to be developed in El Salvador and began production in 1975. Photo courtesy of Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctricia del Río Lempa (CEL).

Steam lines going to the power plant snake across the surface of the Ahuachapán-Chipilapa geothermal field in western El Salvador. The field is located on the northern flank of the Sierra de Apaneca range 15 km from the Guatemala border. The Ahuachapán-Chipilapa field was the first to be developed in El Salvador and began production in 1975.

Photo courtesy of Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctricia del Río Lempa (CEL).

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Apaneca Range