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Karla Yannín Alcázar Quintero (photographer) · CC BY 2.0
Event wonder Americas

Parícutin Volcano

1943 CE

Volcano that erupted from a Mexican cornfield in 1943, witnessed from…

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Dormant volcano in Michoacán, Mexico

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Landmark · Americas

Parícutin Volcano

1943 CE – still standing

Volcano that erupted from a Mexican cornfield in 1943, witnessed from birth

Standing in 1943 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

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