Editing Acatenango (section)

==Description==
The Fuego-Acatenango [[massif]] comprises a string of five or more [[volcanic vent]]s along a north–south trend that is perpendicular to that of the [[Central American Volcanic Arc]] in Guatemala. From north to south, known centres of volcanism are Ancient Acatenango, Yepocapa, Pico Mayor de Acatenango, [[Meseta (volcano)|Meseta]], and [[Volcán de Fuego|Fuego]]. Volcanism along the trend stretches back more than 200,000&nbsp;years. Although many of the centres have been active contemporaneously, there is a general sequence of younger volcanism, from north to south along the trend.<ref name=usgs>{{cite journal|url=http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Guatemala/Publications/OFR01-431/past_events_fuego_acatenango.html|author=Vallance, J.W.|author2=Schilling, S.P.|author3=Matías, O.|author4=Rose, W.I.|author5=Howell, M.M.|year=2001|title=Volcano Hazards at Fuego and Acatenango, Guatemala|journal=USGS Open-File Report 01-431|series=Open-File Report|page=17 |publisher=USGS|doi=10.3133/ofr01431|doi-access=free|bibcode=2001usgs.rept...17V }}</ref>

This massive volcano complex towers more than 3,500&nbsp;metres above the [[Pacific]] coastal plain to the south and 2,000&nbsp;metres above the [[Guatemalan Highlands]] to the north. The volcano complex comprises remnants of multiple eruptive centres, which periodically have collapsed to form huge debris avalanches. The largest of these avalanches extended more than 50&nbsp;kilometres from its source and covered more than 300 square kilometres.<ref name=usgs/>