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Rh Central America, the extinct volcano of Acatenango, which is 13,612 feet above the sea-level. To the north is another volcano which is less elevated. This group is bounded on the south by the Volcan de Fuego, 13,120 feet high. Its

last eruption was in June, 1880. On the opposite side of the valley of Old Guatemala lies the Volcan de Agua, which has an altitude of 12,286 feet. To the eastward of this volcano is the group comprising Pacaya (elevation, 7,680 feet), which is separated from it by the valley of the Rio Michatoya. The last eruption took place in July, 1775. This system includes the two small extinct volcanoes called the Cerro Redondo, from the round conical figure of one of them. In the department of Santa Rosa lies the only outlier of the Cordillera toward the south, the mountain of Santa Rosa, which is between the rivers Michatoya and Esclavos. The southern end of this mountain is formed by the volcano of Tecuamburro.

The eastern section of the volcanoes of Guatemala is