Central American Volcanic Arc

E16774

subduction-related volcanic belt volcanic arc

The Central American Volcanic Arc is a chain of active and dormant volcanoes stretching from southern Mexico through Central America, formed by the subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Central America Volcanic Arc	12
Central American volcanic arc	4
Central America volcanic arc	3
Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica	2
Central America volcanic front	1
Mesoamerican volcanic arc	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	subduction-related volcanic belt ⓘ volcanic arc ⓘ
associatedWith	andesitic magmatism ⓘ basaltic-andesitic magmatism ⓘ explosive volcanism ⓘ
continent	Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ
eruptionStyle	Plinian eruptions ⓘ Strombolian eruptions ⓘ
extendsThrough	Costa Rica ⓘ El Salvador ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ Panama ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	plate tectonics ⓘ volcanology ⓘ
formedBy	subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProcess	oceanic plate subduction ⓘ
hasNotableVolcano	Arenal ⓘ Barú ⓘ Concepción ⓘ Fuego ⓘ Irazú ⓘ Momotombo ⓘ Pacaya ⓘ Poás ⓘ San Cristóbal ⓘ San Miguel ⓘ Santa María ⓘ Turrialba ⓘ
hasVolcanoStatus	active ⓘ dormant ⓘ
hasVolcanoType	shield volcano ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ
hazardType	ash fall ⓘ lahars ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ volcanic eruptions ⓘ
influences	regional seismicity ⓘ soil fertility in Central America ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Mexico ⓘ
orientedAlong	Pacific coast of Central America ⓘ
overridingPlate	Caribbean Plate ⓘ
parallelTo	Middle America Trench ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
supports	geothermal energy resources ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary ⓘ
underlyingSubductingPlate	Cocos Plate ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guatemala Basin → adjacentTo → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America volcanic arc

eastern Pacific Ocean → adjacentTo → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central American volcanic arc

Cocos Plate → associatedWith → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Cocos Ridge → associatedWith → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central American volcanic arc

Middle America Trench → associatedWith → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

Caribbean Plate → associatedWithFeature → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central American volcanic arc

Poás → belongsToVolcanicArc → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Central America → hasMajorMountainRange → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

Caribbean Plate → hasVolcanicArc → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America volcanic front

Lake Managua → locatedOn → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

Gran Lago → locatedOnTectonicFeature → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

Pacaya → mountainRange → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

Barú → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

Concepción Volcano → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Fuego → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Irazú → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica

Momotombo → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Nicaraguan Depression → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central American volcanic arc

San Miguel → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

San Salvador Volcano → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Turrialba → partOf → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica

Volcán Tajumulco → region → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mesoamerican volcanic arc

1986 San Salvador earthquake → tectonicSetting → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America volcanic arc

San Cristóbal → tectonicSetting → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America volcanic arc

Arenal → volcanicArc → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Maderas Volcano → volcanicArc → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

San Cristóbal → volcanicArc → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Santa María → volcanicArc → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Turrialba → volcanicArc → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc

Barú → volcanicArcBelt → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

Pacaya → volcanicArcOrBelt → Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc