Sangangüey

Volcán Sangangüey
Volcán Sangangüey
Highest point
Elevation	2,340 m (7,680 ft)
Coordinates	21.45°N 104.73°W
Geography
	Volcán Sangangüey Nayarit, Mexico
Parent range	Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown (possibly 1742)

Sangangüey is an eroded stratovolcano standing 2340 meters tall in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Mexico. The volcano is located immediately southeast of Tepic in the state of Nayarit in Mexico. There has been no confirmed historical eruptions, although an Indian legend recorded the volcano erupting in 1742. The eruption is believed to be one occurring on a flank cinder cone on the volcano.[1] Within the last 300,000 years however, the volcano has produced 45 cinder cones and lava flows.[2]

References

"Sanganguey volcano". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
S. A. Nelson; I. S. E. Carmichael (1984). "Pleistocene to recent alkalic volcanism in the region of Sanganguey volcano, Nayarit, Mexico". Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 85: 321–335. doi:10.1007/BF01150290.

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[GVP-1] "Sanganguey volcano". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2017-02-04.

[Nelson-2] S. A. Nelson; I. S. E. Carmichael (1984). "Pleistocene to recent alkalic volcanism in the region of Sanganguey volcano, Nayarit, Mexico". Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 85: 321–335. doi:10.1007/BF01150290.