Coatepeque Lake
Photos from 2011
Coatepeque Lake
Coatepeque Caldera also known as Lago De Coatepeque (Nahuatl cōātepēc, "at the snake hill") is a volcanic caldera in El Salvador in Central America. The caldera was formed during a series of major rhyolitic explosive eruptions between about 72,000 and 57,000 years ago. Since then, basaltic cinder cones and lava flows formed near the west edge of the caldera, and six rhyodacitic lava domes have formed. The youngest dome, Cerro Pacho, formed after 8000 BC.
Lake Coatepeque (Lago de Coatepeque) is a large crater lake in the east part of
the Coatepeque Caldera. It is in Coatepeque municipality, Santa Ana, El
Salvador. There are hot springs near the lake margins. At 26 km², it is one of
the largest lakes in El Salvador. In the lake is the island of Teopan, which was
a Mayan site of some importance.
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cabins and boat docks along the lakefront
view from restaurant table
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view of the lake
