El ChichónEl Chichón is an active volcano in northwestern Chiapas, Mexico (17°21'36?N, 93°13'40?W). Its only recorded eruption was in 1982, when it produced a 1km-wide caldera that then filled with an acidic lake. The eruption killed around 2 000 people which lived near the volcano. In 2000, the lake's water temperature increased. |
