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Country: | Honduras | |
| Subregion Name: | Honduras | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1403-16- | ||
| Volcano Type: | Pyroclastic cones | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 74 m | 243 feet | |
| Latitude: | 16.10°N * | 16°6'0"N | |
| Longitude: | 86.90°W | 86°54'0"W | |
| The island of Utila in the Carribean Sea off the northern coast of Honduras is the easternmost and lowest of the Bay Islands at the southern edge of the submarine Bartlett Trough. Utila is capped by a thin veneer of Holocene basaltic rocks at its eastern end (McBirney and Bass, 1969). Basaltic lavas and tuffs were erupted onto a coral-capped erosional surface. Stuert Hill (also spelled Stuart Hill) is a pyroclastic cone that was constructed at the center of the volcanic terrain, and Pumpkin Hill is a small littoral cone located along the NE coast of the island. The high point of the island is Pumpkin Hill, which rises only 74 m above sea level. | |||
