GVP volcano 344090 · no holder yet

Momotombo

Momotombo is a 1,270 m stratovolcano in Nicaragua, erupting as recently as 2016.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

1,270 m above sea level

Rock

Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

2016

Largest known

VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1605

Eruptions

19 confirmed in the record

Where

12.42°N 86.54°W · Nicaragua

Region

Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 344090

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