🎳 Parícutin

Mexico · Americas · 19.49°N, 102.25°W

Parícutin is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention.

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Quick facts

Country	Mexico
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	19.49°N, 102.25°W · view on map

Parícutin is located in Mexico, in Americas.

More volcanoes in Mexico

Cerro Prieto · Coronado (volcano) · Durango volcanic field · El Chichón · Las Derrumbadas · Los Atlixcos · Los Humeros · Malinche (volcano) · Michoacán–Guanajuato volcanic field · Papayo.

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