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The Volcan de Colima, also known as Volcan de Fuego is part of the Colima Volcanic Complex. Unlike Nevado de Colima, which is further to the north and nearly all located in Jalisco, Volcan de Colima sits right on the border between Colima and Jalisco. Too, Volcan de Colima is the youngest volcano is growing in one of the three calderas in the Colima Volcanic complex.
The nearby city of Colima, less than 20 miles distant, has been built upon a 2500 year old debris avalanche from the south flank of this volcano and will receives ash fall when the wind conditions are right.
Typically violently exploding several times a day and/or oozing out lava domes and flows this is a very temperamental beastie, displaying a range of styles from Strombolian to Plinian. Between explosions bouts of degassing and vigorous fumarolic activity can take place. Clearest views are during the dry season, November - April while heavy rains the rest of the year cause mass erosion and redistribution of erupted material during lahars (volcanic mud flows). Incision caused by these lahars can quickly fill up again with pyroclastic flow deposits. Plenty of photos with coordinates to show you what things are like on the volcano but overall this page has relatively little information on access to the summit as it's pretty dangerous, has an exclusion zone around it, plus the monitoring staff and civil protection guys would get upset. Similar volcanoes to Colima include Santiaguito, Reventador, Karymsky and Sakurajima (to varying degrees).
General Information:
Elevation:
12,533 feet (3820 m)
Prominence:
2000 feet (600 m)
Last Eruption:
2013 to date
Range:
Volcan de Colima is part of the
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Age of Rock:
5 million years old
Summits:
Volcan de Colima, Nevada de Colima, El Cantaro
First Climbed:
20 September 1995?
Access to Summit:
Local guides
Native Name:
Vocan de Fuego
Location
Coordinates:
19.512375, -103.616939
Nearest City:
Geographical Region:
Southern Sierra Madre
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