Central American Volcanic Arc

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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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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

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Agua partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Agua Volcano geologicalSetting Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Agua Volcano isPartOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Guatemalan volcanic chain
Fuego Volcano partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Lake Ilopango partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Lake Ilopango partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central American Volcanic Belt
Cordillera de Apaneca partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Boquerón crater isPartOf Central American Volcanic Arc
Quezaltepeque hasVolcanicArc Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Quezaltepeque isPartOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: El Salvador volcanic chain
Masaya Volcano geologicalSetting Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Parque Nacional El Boquerón partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
Maderas isPartOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Nicaraguan volcanic chain
Chaparrastique mountainRange Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Chaparrastique volcanicArcOrBelt Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Telica isPartOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Telica volcanicArc Central American Volcanic Arc
Cordillera Central partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
Botos crater geologicalContext Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America volcanic arc
Poás Volcano National Park volcanicArc Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Ometepe Island volcanic complex tectonicSetting Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Ometepe Island volcanic complex volcanicArc Central American Volcanic Arc
Cordillera de los Maribios partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
Casita partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Volcán San Pedro partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Volcán Tacaná partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Volcán Tacaná volcanicArcOrBelt Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Depresión Nicaragüense partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central American volcanic arc
Volcán San Miguel partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Volcán San Miguel partOf Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central American Volcanic Belt
Volcán Atitlán locatedOn Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Volcán Atitlán volcanicArcOrBelt Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Diego de la Haya Crater volcanicArc Central American Volcanic Arc
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Irazu geologicalSetting Central American Volcanic Arc
subject surface form: Irazú
this entity surface form: Central America Volcanic Arc
Cerro Negro partOf Central American Volcanic Arc