पारिकुटीन
Also known as Paricutin, Volcán de Parícutin
Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention.
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Parícutin is a cinder cone volcano in Michoacán, Mexico that erupted suddenly in 1943, emerging from a farmer's cornfield near the city of Uruapan. Its sudden appearance drew widespread public and scientific interest, making it a notable example of a volcano's dramatic arrival.
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- Parícutin
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- paricutin.jpg
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- Parícutin in 1994
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- 2,800
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 208
- Mountain.location
- location of Parícutin in Mexico
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- Mexico Michoacán#Mexico
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- Mexico
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- Michoacán
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- State
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- Cinder cone
- Mountain.age
- 1941–1952
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1943 natural disasters20th-century volcanic eventsDestroyed populated placesMichoacán–Guanajuato volcanic fieldMonogenetic cinder conesMountains of MexicoNatural disasters in MexicoSecond 100 IUGS Geological Heritage SitesTrans-Mexican Volcanic BeltTwo-thousanders of North AmericaVEI-4 volcanoesVolcanoes of Michoacán