Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-09959

Cerro de Apaneca is to the left above the city of Juayua. To its right is Cerro la Cumbre and the Cerro las Ninfas-Laguna Verde complex. Construction of the latter post-dated major Pleistocene explosive eruptions that resulted in formation of the Pleistocene Concepción de Ataco caldera. Photo by Lee Siebert, 2002 (Smithsonian Institution).

Cerro de Apaneca is to the left above the city of Juayua. To its right is Cerro la Cumbre and the Cerro las Ninfas-Laguna Verde complex. Construction of the latter post-dated major Pleistocene explosive eruptions that resulted in formation of the Pleistocene Concepción de Ataco caldera.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 2002 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Apaneca Range