Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-08231

The Media Luna scoria cone at the NW side of La Yeguada volcanic complex is one of its youngest features. A lava flow that erupted from the western flank reached about 3 km to the west. A radiocarbon date of 360 +/- 90 years before present (BP) was obtained from lake sediment formed when the lava flow blocked a local drainage. Photo by Paul Kimberly, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).

The Media Luna scoria cone at the NW side of La Yeguada volcanic complex is one of its youngest features. A lava flow that erupted from the western flank reached about 3 km to the west. A radiocarbon date of 360 ± 90 years before present (BP) was obtained from lake sediment formed when the lava flow blocked a local drainage.

Photo by Paul Kimberly, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: scoria cone

La Yeguada