Santa María

Local nameVolcán Santa María
LocationQuetzaltenango, Guatemala

Santa María Volcano is a large active volcano in the western highlands of Guatemala, in the Quetzaltenango Department near the city of Quetzaltenango.

The volcano was known as Gagxanul in the local K'iche' language, before the 16th century Spanish conquest of the region.The VEI-6 eruption of Santa María Volcano in 1902 was one of the three largest eruptions of the 20th century, after the 1912 Novarupta and 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruptions. It is also one of the five biggest eruptions of the past 200 years.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_María_(volcano)

Address Guatemala

Coordinates 14°45'25.447" N -91°33'7.668" E

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