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Cerro el Ciguatepe volcanostratovolcano 603 m / 1,978 ft
Nicaragua, 12.53°N / -86.14°W Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
Typical eruption style: Explosive
Cerro el Ciguatepe volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions It contains a well-reserved 1.5 km wide summit crater, which contains a blocky lava dome and a young lava flow that has traveled from a breach in the SW side of the crater to the base of the cone. Background:The steep-sided stratovolcano was constructed east of the Río Pacora, NE of Lake Managua at the boundary of the flat-lying Tertiary ignimbrite deposits with the fault-blocks bordering the Nicaraguan depression. |