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Izalco Volcano
Located about 15 km northeast of the city of Sonsonate. It is contiguous to Cerro Verde and to
theof Santa Ana Volcano this area is named The Complex of Volcanoes. It is considered one of
the youngest volcanoes in the world and still active having occurred its last eruption in
October of 1966. It has an elevation of 1910 msnm According to the professor and historian
Salvadoreño Jorge Lardé and Larín “at the beginning of century XVII formed a hollow , To the
south-east of the Santa Ana volcano, a crater from which a column of thick, black smoke
constantly erupted with a strong smell of sulfur and fire from time to time.