GVP volcano 344091 · no holder yet

Apoyeque

Apoyeque is a 518 m caldera in Nicaragua, last erupted around 50 BCE.

Type

Caldera

Summit

518 m above sea level

Rock

Dacite

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

50 BCE

Largest known

VEI 6, colossal, 50 BCE

Eruptions

4 confirmed in the record

Where

12.24°N 86.34°W · Nicaragua

Region

Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 344091

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