Tacaná

The Tacaná Volcano, located on the southern extreme of the highlands at the Mexico–Guatemala border, rises to 13,484 feet (4,110 metres).

The Tacaná volcanic cone, located at the Mexico-Guatemala border, rises to more than 13,300 feet (4,050 meters). The coastal mountain slopes and those leading into the valley were inhabited by small groups of Mayas between 300 and 900 ce. By the late 1400s the Aztec dominated…

…volcanic cones begins with the Tacaná Volcano (13,428 feet [4,093 metres]), located on the frontier with Mexico, and continues eastward across Guatemala into El Salvador. Among these are three continuously active volcanoes: the growing summit of Santiaguito (8,202 feet [2,500 metres]) located on the southern flanks of Santa María (12,375…