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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-08144

Pumpkin Hill, a low pyroclastic cone reaching only 74 m above sea level, is the high point of Utila Island.  The cone occupies the NE tip of the island and consists of stratified basaltic lapilli and tuffs containing abundant blocks and small fragments of coral.  The vent of the cone appears to lie on this side near its northern base, but only the southern half of the cone remains. Photo by Rick Wunderman, 1999 (Smithsonian Institution).

Pumpkin Hill, a low pyroclastic cone reaching only 74 m above sea level, is the high point of Utila Island. The cone occupies the NE tip of the island and consists of stratified basaltic lapilli and tuffs containing abundant blocks and small fragments of coral. The vent of the cone appears to lie on this side near its northern base, but only the southern half of the cone remains.

Photo by Rick Wunderman, 1999 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Utila Volcanic Center