List of volcanoes in Nicaragua
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Nicaragua
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
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| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Apoyeque Apoyeque Apoyeque is a pyroclastic shield, located in the Chiltepe Peninsula Natural Reserve in Nicaragua. It has a 2.8-km wide, 400-m-deep, lake-filled caldera.-Geography:Apoyeque is a volcanic complex that formed and occuplies the Chiltepe Peninsula... |
518 | 1699 | 12.242°N 86.342°W | 2160 BC |
| Ciguatepe | 603 | 1978 | 12.53°N 86.142°W | Holocene |
| Cerro Negro Cerro Negro Cerro Negro is a volcano in the Cordillera de los Maribios mountain range in Nicaragua, about 10 km from the village of Malpaisillo. It is a very new volcano, the youngest in Central America, having first appeared in April 1850... |
728 | 2388 | 12.506°N 86.702°W | 1999 |
| Concepción Concepción (volcano) Concepción is one of two volcanoes that form the island of Ometepe, which is situated in Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua, Central America.... |
1700 | 5577 | 11.538°N 85.622°W | 2009 |
| Cosigüina Cosiguina Cosigüina is a stratovolcano located in the western part of Nicaragua. It forms a large peninsula extending into the Gulf of Fonseca. The summit is truncated by a large caldera, 2 x 2.4 km in diameter and 500 m deep, holding a substantial crater lake . This cone has grown within an... |
872 | 2861 | 12.98°N 87.57°W | 1859 |
| Estelí Estelí Estelí, officially Villa de San Antonio de Pavia de Estelí is a city and municipality within the Estelí department. It is the third largest city in Nicaragua, an active commercial center in the north and is known as "the Diamond of the Segovias."... |
899 | 2949 | 13.17°N 86.40°W | Holocene |
| Granada | 300 | 984 | 11.92°N 85.98°W | 10,000 BC |
| Lajas | 926 | 3038 | 12.30°N 85.73°W | Holocene |
| Pilas Pilas Pilas can refer to:* Las Pilas, volcano in Nicaragua* Pilas, Seville, Andalucia, Spain... |
1088 | 3570 | 12.495°N 86.688°W | 1954 |
| Maderas Maderas With a height of 1,394 m, Maderas is the smaller of the two volcanoes which make up the island of Ometepe, situated in Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua, Central America. Unlike Concepción, the other volcano on the island, Maderas has not been active in historical times... |
1394 | 4573 | 11.446°N 85.515°W | Holocene |
| Masaya Masaya Volcano Masaya is a shield volcano located 20 km south of Managua, Nicaragua. It is Nicaragua's first and largest National Park, and one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua. The volcanic complex is composed of a nested set of calderas and craters, the largest of which is Las Sierras shield volcano and... |
635 | 2083 | 11.984°N 86.161°W | continuing |
| Mombacho Mombacho Mombacho is a stratovolcano in Nicaragua, near the city of Granada. It is 1344 metres high. The Mombacho Volcano Nature Reserve is one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua. Mombacho is an active volcano but the last eruption occurred in 1570... |
1344 | 4409 | 11.862°N 85.968°W | 1570 |
| Momotombo Momotombo Momotombo is a stratovolcano in Nicaragua, not far from the city of León. It stands on the shores of Lago de Managua. An eruption of the volcano in 1610 forced inhabitants of the Spanish city of León to relocate about 30 miles west... |
1297 | 4255 | 12.422°N 86.540°W | 1905 |
| Nejapa-Miraflores | 360 | 1181 | 12.12°N 86.32°W | Holocene |
| Rota | 832 | 2730 | 12.55°N 86.75°W | Holocene |
| San Cristóbal San Cristóbal volcano Volcán San Cristóbal is the highest volcano in Nicaragua at . Located near to the northwest corner of the country, it forms a majestic backdrop to the city of Chichigalpa, Chinandega. It is also among the most active volcanos in Nicaragua, erupting frequently .San Cristóbal is part of a 5-member... |
1745 | 5725 | 12.702°N 87.004°W | 2008 |
| Telica Telica (volcano) Telica is a stratovolcano, one of several volcanoes of the Nicaraguan volcanic front, located in the western part of Nicaragua.-Volcanism:... |
1061 | 3481 | 12.602°N 86.845°W | 2007 |
| Azul Azul Azul means "blue" in Portuguese and Spanish and may refer to:* Azul..., a poetry collection by Rubén Darío* Azul Azul, a Bolivian pop-dance music group* Azul, Buenos Aires Province, a town in Argentina... |
201 | 659 | 12.53°N 83.87°W | Holocene |
| Zapatera Zapatera Zapatera is a shield volcano located in the southern part of Nicaragua. It forms the island of Isla Zapatera in the Lake Nicaragua. Isla Zapatera constitutes one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua.... |
629 | 2064 | 11.73°N 85.82°W | Holocene |