GVP volcano 344020 · no holder yet
San Cristobal
San Cristobal is a 1,745 m stratovolcano in Nicaragua, erupting as recently as 2024.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,745 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2024
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 2017
- Eruptions
- 35 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 12.70°N 87.00°W · Nicaragua
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 344020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).