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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-09886

The 1-km-wide central crater of Las Navajas volcano is prominent in an aerial photograph with north to the top.  Las Navajas, located immediately north of Sangangüey volcano, is a low-profile shield volcano with a largely buried 4-km-wide caldera.  A south-facing arcuate cliff forming the northern wall of a second caldera can be seen to cut the central crater, and an andesitic cinder cone and thick lava flow of post-Las Navajas age are seen to the south of the cliff. Aerial photo by Comisión de Estudios del Territorio Nacional (CETENAL), courtesy of Steve Nelson.

The 1-km-wide central crater of Las Navajas volcano is prominent in an aerial photograph with north to the top. Las Navajas, located immediately north of Sangangüey volcano, is a low-profile shield volcano with a largely buried 4-km-wide caldera. A south-facing arcuate cliff forming the northern wall of a second caldera can be seen to cut the central crater, and an andesitic cinder cone and thick lava flow of post-Las Navajas age are seen to the south of the cliff.

Aerial photo by Comisión de Estudios del Territorio Nacional (CETENAL), courtesy of Steve Nelson.

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Las Navajas