The Valle de Santiago in the NE part of the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field NW of Lake Yuriria contains a group of maars formed by phreatomagmatic eruptions. The maars, four of which are lake-filled, range from 0.8 to 1.8 km in diameter, are 80 to 180 m deep, and are probably Holocene in age. This photo shows the Hoya Rincón de Parangüeo maar at the northern end of the group.

Photo by Jim Luhr, 1982 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Galleries: Craters

Keywords: maar | crater | crater lake

Michoacán-Guanajuato