Esteli

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Nicaragua, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Kde

Nicaragua, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Fissure vent(s)

Nadmořská výška

899 m

Poloha

13,170°, -86,400°

Sparsely vegetated lava flows mostly erupted from fissure vents are located in valleys in the northern interior highlands between the town of Estelí and the border with Honduras. McBirney and Williams (1965) considered basaltic flows in this area to be Quaternary, and possibly Holocene. The flows near Estelí were faulted and slightly tilted during formation of the Estelí structural basin. Other youthful basaltic lava flows, one of which was erupted from the Bonete de Carrao cone, are located between Estelí and Jinotega. Well-preserved cones are also located in the area west and south of Ocotal. Some of the lava flows in northern Nicaragua contain granitic xenoliths and xenocrysts of quartz.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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