EL SALVADOR.
America UPAE issue.
Chichontepec Volcano.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 11.10.1990.
Face value: 25 cents of Salvadoran colón.
Printed by D. S. G.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 40 x 35 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 1813.
- Scott No. 1251.
- StampWorld No. 1886.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2131.
Chichontepec
(or San Miguel, or Los Chiches) is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, in
the American
Cordillera, about 60 kilometers east of the capital city San Salvador. The
volcano has two summits and two craters, one located in each summit, although
not exactly at the top. His elevation is 2,182 m (7,159 ft). Numerous hot
springs and fumaroles are found on the northern and western flanks of the
mountain. The last significant eruption occurred more than 1,700 years ago. The
volcano may have had a very long history of repeated, and sometimes violent,
eruptions, and at least once a large section of the volcano collapsed in a
massive landslide.
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