Key facts
- Elevation
- 3,772 m (12,375 ft)
- Location
- Quetzaltenango Department , Guatemala
- Parent range
- Sierra Madre
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Volcanic arc
- Central America Volcanic Arc
- Last eruption
- December 11, 2024 (ongoing)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Santa María Volcano is a large active volcano in the western highlands of Guatemala, in the Quetzaltenango Department near the city of Quetzaltenango. It is part of the mountain range of the Sierra Madre.
The volcano was known as Gagxanul in the local Kʼicheʼ language, which means "Naked Volcano or Mountain", before the 16th century Spanish conquest of the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Santa María” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.