Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-08098

An aerial view from the SE shows cones on the flank of the massive San Martín Tuxtla volcano. More than 250 cones and maars are found on the flanks, mostly along a 40-km-long NW-trending zone parallel to the elongation of the edifice. Many clusters of cones are aligned in this same direction. Photo by Hugo Delgado-Granados, 1997 (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).

An aerial view from the SE shows cones on the flank of the massive San Martín Tuxtla volcano. More than 250 cones and maars are found on the flanks, mostly along a 40-km-long NW-trending zone parallel to the elongation of the edifice. Many clusters of cones are aligned in this same direction.

Photo by Hugo Delgado-Granados, 1997 (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).

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Keywords: volcanic field | scoria cone

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