Quezaltepeque (volcano)

Quezaltepeque
Quezaltepeque
	Quezaltepeque Chiquimula, Guatemala
Elevation	1,200 m (3,937 ft)
Location
Coordinates	14°34′N 89°27′W / 14.567°N 89.45°WCoordinates: 14°34′N 89°27′W / 14.567°N 89.45°W
Geology
Type	Volcanic field
Last eruption	Unknown

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Quezaltepeque is a volcanic field in Chiquimula, Guatemala at 14°34′0″N 89°27′0″W / 14.566667°N 89.45°W / 14.566667; -89.45. It has erupted in the Holocene. It is an area of basaltic lava flows was erupted from vents along a north-south trending fault without explosions, cutting through Tertiary pyroclastic rocks WNW of Ipala volcano about 5 km south of Quezaltepeque town. These basaltic flows issued passively from vents along a N-S-trending fault without accompanying explosive activity. There are mounds of lava over the vents.

[edit] Etymology

Nahuatl quetzaltepēc = "at the quetzal feather hill" or "at the tall upstanding hill".

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