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Country: | El Salvador | |
| Subregion Name: | El Salvador | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1403-072 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene? | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 1172 m | 3,845 feet | |
| Latitude: | 13.435°N | 13°26'6"N | |
| Longitude: | 88.532°W | 88°31'55"W | |
| Taburete volcano rises above the Pacific coastal plain east of the Río Lempa at the SW end of a cluster of volcanoes between San Vincente and San Miguel volcanoes. Basaltic to basaltic-andesite Volcán Taburete is elongated in a NW-SE direction and overlaps with Tecapa volcano to the NE. The 1172-m-high summit of Taburete forms a prominent peak that rises about 170 m above the southern crater rim. A well-preserved, 150-300 m deep summit crater has a low point on its eastern rim. A fairly recent lava flow descends the southern flank of the volcano (Williams and McBirney, 1955). Loma Pacha cone on the lower SE flank fed a thick lava flow that traveled 1 km to the SE. The age of the most recent eruption of Taburete is not precisely known, and Weber and Wiesemann (1978) did not map Holocene deposits from Taburete. | |||
