The Ahuachapán geothermal area on the NW flank of Laguna Verde has been used for power generation since 1975. It is one of the most recent manifestations of activity in a group of Pleistocene and Holocene volcanoes comprising the Cuyanausul Range. The Cerro El Aguila and Cerro Los Naranjos volcanoes at the eastern end are Holocene in age. A 1990 steam explosion from the Ahuachapán thermal area resulted in fatalities.

Photo by Dick Stoiber, 1962 (Dartmouth College).

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Galleries: Geothermal Features

Keywords: geothermal

Apaneca Range