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Isla Conchagüita

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Conchagüita is a volcanic island in the Gulf of Fonseca, eastern El Salvador.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Conchagüita
Mountain.photo
Isla Conchagüita.png
Mountain.elevation_m
505
Mountain.prominence_m
505
Mountain.location
El Salvador
Mountain.map
El Salvador
Mountain.map_caption
Location in El Salvador
Mountain.label_position
bottom
Mountain.type
Stratovolcano
Mountain.volcanic_arc
Central America Volcanic Arc
Mountain.last_eruption
Pleistocene

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Elevation
341
Body of water
Gulf of Fonseca
Image
Isla Conchagüita.png
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different from
Conchagüita
Commons category
Conchagüita
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Conchagüita is a volcanic island in the Gulf of Fonseca, eastern El Salvador.

In October 1892, an earthquake triggered a large landslide at the volcano, and the resulting dust cloud was first thought to be new volcanic ash. The event was discredited as volcanic eruption by the Smithsonian Institution.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isla Conchagüita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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