Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-08267

This hummock is part of a massive debris avalanche deposit that formed by collapse of Volcán Cacao. The avalanche traveled across the flat-lying Pacific coastal plain as far as the Central American highway, near where this photo was taken. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).

This hummock is part of a massive debris avalanche deposit that formed by collapse of Volcán Cacao. The avalanche traveled across the flat-lying Pacific coastal plain as far as the Central American highway, near where this photo was taken.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: debris avalanche deposit | deposit | hummock

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