GVP volcano 344010 · no holder yet
Cosiguina
Cosiguina is an 872 m stratovolcano in Nicaragua, last erupted in 1859.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 872 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1859
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1835
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 12.98°N 87.57°W · Nicaragua
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 344010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).