Ixtepeque
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Volcán Ixtepeque | |
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File:Ixtepeque.jpg | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Geography | |
Location | Jutiapa, Guatemala |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | Holocene |
Volcán Ixtepeque is a stratovolcano in southern Guatemala. It consists of several rhyolitic lava domes and basaltic cinder cones. Its name is derived from the nahuatl word for obsidian. Ixtepeque was one of the most important obsidian sources in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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