The summit crater of San Miguel, or Chaparrastique, volcano is in the center of this November 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 12 km across). Spatter and scoria cones have formed across the flanks during eruptions that emplaced lava flows up to 8 km from the vent. A flank cone that erupted a lava flow during the 1699 eruption is in the SW corner of this image (now vegetated) and the Chinameca caldera is in the NW corner.

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).

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