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Paricutín, west-central Mexico.  On February 20, 1943, Paricutín began to erupt in an open field. The fire, lava, and ashes destroyed and buried two villages and hundreds of homes. In the first year, the volcano’s cone had risen 1,475 feet (450 metres) from the base (at 7,480 feet [2,280 metres] above sea level) and had buried the village of Paricutín. Paricutin Volcano Mexico, Paricutin Volcano, Cinder Cone Volcano, 7 Natural Wonders, Himalayas Mountain, Travel Quiz, Coral Bleaching, Travel Facts, Largest Waterfall

Paricutín, volcano, western Michoacán state, west-central Mexico, just north of the Tancítaro Peak and 20 miles (32 km) west-northwest of Uruapan. It is one of the youngest volcanoes on Earth. On February 20, 1943, Paricutín began to erupt in an open field. The fire, lava, and ashes destroyed and buried two villages and hundreds of homes. In the first year, the volcano’s cone had risen 1,475 feet (450 metres) from the base (at 7,480 feet [2,280 metres] above sea level) and had buried the…

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The renowned Parícutin cinder cone, which grew from a Mexican cornfield beginning in 1943, is one of the roughly 1000 cinder cones dotting the massive Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field in central Mexico. White fumarolic sublimate minerals blanket the top of Nuevo Juatita in the foreground, a NE-flank vent that was the main source of lava flows during the last five years of the 1943-1952 eruption. Paricutin Volcano, Cinder Cone Volcano, Lava Dome, Shield Volcano, Lava Flow, Active Volcano, Seven Wonders, Natural World, Natural Wonders

The widespread Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field contains over 1,400 vents, including the historically active cinder cones of Parícutin and Jorullo, covering a 200 x 250 km wide area of Michoacán and Guanajuato states in west-central México. Cinder cones are the predominant volcanic form, but small shield volcanoes, lava domes, maars and tuff rings (many in the Valle de Santiago area), and coneless lava flows are also present. The volcanoes with shield-type morphologies are mostly…

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