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La Yeguada

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  • Panama
  • Stratovolcano
  • Pleistocene
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  • Last Known Eruption
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  • 8.47°N
  • 80.82°W

  • 1297 m
    4255 ft

  • 346801
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This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from La Yeguada. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the La Yeguada page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for La Yeguada.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for La Yeguada.

Photo Gallery

La Yeguada volcanic complex is in the foreground with Laguna La Yeguada (center) to the west. This massive volcanic center, also known as Chitra-Calobre, lies in west-central Panamá. El Castillo dome (left) is the high point of the complex, and Cerro Corero de la Charca (right) is a late-Pleistocene lava dome.

Photo by Tom Casadevall, 1994 (U.S. Geological Survey).
The topographic high point of the fault-bounded central horst of La Yeguada volcanic complex is Cerro el Castillo (right center). It and Cerro Novillo at the lower right are part of older Miocene rocks uplifted in the horst. Quaternary volcanism took place in the northern part of the horst, out of view to the right, about 220,000 years ago. In the background are extensive Tertiary ignimbrite deposits of La Yeguada formation, some of which are thought to have originated from vents in the central horst.

Photo by Tom Casadevall, 1994 (U.S. Geological Survey).
This vegetated slope is the margin of a lava flow erupted from the Media Luna scoria cone that traveled about 3 km down the Quebrada Media Luna and diverted the stream to the northern side of the valley. Near the distal end of the flow it fills a broad valley, diverting the Río Chitra to the far western side of the valley.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).
Cerro Corero de la Charca rising above the western shore of Laguna La Yeguada is the youngest silicic feature of La Yeguada complex (also known as Chitra-Calobre). The compound 1229-m-high rhyodacitic lava dome was erupted about 220,000 years ago within a 1.5-km-wide caldera and produced pyroclastic-flow deposits that extend to the SE. This eruption occurred at the northern end of the El Castillo horst and marked its latest activity.

Photo by Paul Kimberly, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).
Near the center of this photo is Cerro Corero de la Charca, a lava dome that formed at the northern end of a fault-bounded horst about 220,000 years ago within a small crater within El Castillo dome (right). Recent activity at El Castillo occurred on its northern flanks at the intersection of major faults trending NNW, NW, and ENE.

Photo by Paul Kimberly, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).
The grassy area in the sunlight at the left center is an explosion crater formed on the SW side of El Castillo volcanic horst, whose high point forms the right horizon. The breached crater is one of the Quaternary vents formed during reactivation of the horst.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 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).
The Media Luna scoria cone in the center of the photo formed in the middle of the Media Luna valley immediately NW of the settlement of the same name. The cone contains two craters and it opens up towards the west. A lava flow from the base of the cone traveled about 3 km down the valley. A radiocarbon date of about 360 years ago was obtained from sediments within a lake formed by the flow.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1998 (Smithsonian Institution).
GVP Map Holdings

The maps shown below have been scanned from the GVP map archives and include the volcano on this page. Clicking on the small images will load the full 300 dpi map. Very small-scale maps (such as world maps) are not included. The maps database originated over 30 years ago, but was only recently updated and connected to our main database. We welcome users to tell us if they see incorrect information or other problems with the maps; please use the Contact GVP link at the bottom of the page to send us email.


Title: Santiago
Publisher: Instituto Geografico Nacional "Tommy Guardia"
Country: Panama
Year: 1998
Map Type: Topographic
Scale: 1:250,000
Map of Santiago

Title: Chitre
Publisher: Instituto Geografico Nacional "Tommy Guardia"
Country: Panama
Year: 1998
Map Type: Topographic
Scale: 1:250,000
Map of Chitre

Title: Panama (Sur)
Publisher: Instituto Geografico Nacional "Tommy Guardia"
Country: Panama
Year: 1997
Map Type: Topographic
Scale: 1:250,000
Map of Panama (Sur)

Title: Colombia, Panama, Venezuela
Publisher: DMA Aerospace Center
Country: Colombia, Panama
Year: 1988
Series: ONC
Map Type: Topographic
Scale: 1:1,000,000
Map of Colombia, Panama, Venezuela

Title: West Indies: The Making of America
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Country: W Indies
Year: 1987
Series: National Geographic
Map Type: Geographic
Scale: 1:4,395
Map of West Indies: The Making of America

Title: Bath of Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean Sea
Publisher: AAPG, Williams & Heintz Map Corp.
Country: US/ C.Am/ S.Am
Year: 1984
Map Type: Bathymetric
Scale: 1:3,289
Map of Bath of Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean Sea

Title: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela
Publisher: DMA Aerospace Center
Country: S America
Year: 1981
Series: ONC
Map Type: Navigation
Scale: 1:1,000,000
Map of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela

Title: Panama
Country: Panama C-Am
Year: 1981
Map Type: Geographic
Scale: 1:3,200
Map of Panama

Title: Panama
Publisher: US Army Map Service
Country: Panama
Year: 1959
Series: AMS 1301
Map Type: Topographic
Scale: 1:1,000,000
Map of Panama
Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for La Yeguada in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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