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    Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills an 8 by 11 km (72 km2 or 28 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador...
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    It is located near Lake Ilopango, the country's largest lake at 72 square kilometers. El Salvador's second airport is in Ilopango. It is currently used...
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    The Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Lake Ilopango was the largest volcanic eruption in El Salvador during historic times, and one of the largest volcanic...
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    crater lake (Ometepe Island), Nicaragua Lake Ilopango, El Salvador, crater lake Coatepeque Caldera, El Salvador, crater lake Niuafo'ou crater lake, Tonga...
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    eruption of Thera, the Hatepe eruption of Lake Taupō (around 230 CE), the 431 CE eruption of Lake Ilopango, the 1257 eruption of Mount Samalas near Mount...
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    running down from Lake Ilopango, and a few old aqueduct systems, but the municipality itself has no major bodies of water. Lake Ilopango, although not located...
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    in Cuicocha Lake, Ecuador Teopan Island in Lake Coatepeque, El Salvador Islas Quemadas in Lake Ilopango, El Salvador Samosir Island in Lake Toba, Sumatra...
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    Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" (Hammock Valley) and a section of Lake Ilopango. Some of the department's cities that are densely populated are: San...
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    diving with his colleagues Vincenzo Iannuzzelli and Robert McDonell in Lake Ilopango, near San Salvador, he died from a heart attack 150 feet (46 m) underwater...
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  • Negra (Galápagos) Chacana Caldera El Salvador Lake Ilopango Lake Coatepeque Guatemala Lake Amatitlán Lake Atitlán Xela Barahona Other Masaya (Nicaragua)...
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    that at least 60 VEI-8 eruptions have been identified. The most recent is Lake Taupō's Oruanui eruption, more than 27,000 years ago, which means that there...
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  • (Mobuto-Sese-Seko) Lake Chad Lake Edward Lake Fianga Lake Kariba Lake Kivu Lake Tana Lake Mweru Lake Nasser (Lake Nubia in Sudan) Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) Lake Tanganyika...
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    Classic, construction at Tazumal was interrupted by the eruption of the Ilopango volcano, some 75 kilometres (47 mi) to the east of the city. This eruption...
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    department of El Salvador. It is near Lake Ilopango. González Choto, Daniel (6 May 2008). "Proyecto de Ilopango costaría $300 millones". Siglo Veintiuno...
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    are several lakes enclosed by volcanic craters in El Salvador, the most important of which are Lake Ilopango (70 km2 or 27 sq mi) and Lake Coatepeque (26 km2...
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    disasters are not precisely known, but volcanoes at the Rabaul caldera, Lake Ilopango, Krakatoa, or, according to a recent finding, in Iceland are suspected...
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    "The magnitude and impact of the 431 CE Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Ilopango, El Salvador". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (42):...
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    Jiboa River is a river of El Salvador. The river sources from Lake Ilopango and drains into the Pacific Ocean. "Water Resources Assessment of El Salvador"...
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    entire western portion of El Salvador, up until the eruption of the lake ilopango super volcano. Mayan ruins are the most widely conserved in El Salvador...
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    on the volcano along the N40W fissure. During this eruption, the crater lake inside the Boquerón evaporated and a cinder cone appeared, christened 'Boqueroncito'...
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    weather events of 536–537 were likely initiated by the eruption of the Lake Ilopango caldera in El Salvador. Sulfate emitted into the air initiated global...
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    reservoir Lake Ilopango – El Salvador's largest natural lake "The Cerron Grande Reservoir". Chalatenango.sv. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2021. "Lake Suchitlán"...
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    have high, steep banks. The largest lake, the Lago de Ilopango, lies just to the east of the capital. Other large lakes include the Lago de Coatepeque in...
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    Greece) between 1627 and 1600 BC, the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Lake Ilopango (El Salvador) in the 6th century, and Mt. Tambora in 1815. Such large...
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    entire western portion of El Salvador, up until the eruption of the lake ilopango super volcano. Mayan ruins are the most widely conserved in El Salvador...
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    area. This and other settlements were depopulated by the eruption of Lake Ilopango in 250 AD. The city was founded by the Maya Poqomam in the classical...
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  • memory of a much earlier time when an eruption in South America at Lake Ilopango caused a long winter throughout the world. The eruption spewed eighty-seven...
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    or Santorini's eruption in 2nd Millennium BC, The Lake Taupo's Hatepe eruption, The Lake Ilopango's eruption in around 535 and 536, The 1257 eruption...
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  • Alice, Maria, Carlos, Enrique and Zelie, who grew up on a farm near Lake Ilopango. The family was well-to-do and the children had a privileged education...
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    The Mulus The Almighty Tlaloc The Mysterious Woman of The Toad River Lake Ilopango The Bewitched Wagon The Dwarf The Bandari Witch The Weeping Woman The...
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