AUGUST FIRST 1995

THE FORTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY OF BARCENÁ VOLCANO, MEXICO

. A cinder cone. Vulcanian and pumice eruption. Later a lava flow of blocky trachyte. Activity ceased Feb. 1953. The cone reached 310 m in height.

References

• Williams, Howel, Recent eruptions on San Benedicto Island, Revilla Gigedo Group, Mexico, Volcano Letter No. 517 p. 7, 1952.
• Richards, A.F., Geology of the Islas Revillagigado, Mexico: Bull. Volc. 22, 73-123, 1959