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Description: Miravalles volcano rises above a thermal area on its SW flank. The 2028-m-high andesitic stratovolcano is one of five post-caldera cones constructed along a NE-trending line within the Pleistocene 15 x 20 km Miravalles caldera. Morphologically youthful lava flows cover the western and SW flanks of the volcano. The only reported historical eruptive activity was a small steam explosion in 1946, although high heat flow remains, and a producing geothermal field is located within the caldera.
Title: Miravalles volcano
Credit: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1405-03=&volpage=photos&photo=042031
Author: William Melson (Smithsonian Institution)
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