Welcome to Mombacho Volcano

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Active Volcano

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Mombacho is a stratovolcano in Nicaragua, near the city of Granada. It is 1344 metres high. The Mombacho Volcano Nature Reserve is one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua. Mombacho is not an extinct volcano but the last eruption occurred in 1570. Source: Wikipedia

Dormant Crater

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Mombacho volcano offers some great hiking trails.

Laguna Apoyo

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The Apoyo Lagoon Natural Reserve protects a volcanic lake, Laguna de Apoyo, and its drainage basin. Laguna de Apoyo is an endorheic lake occupying the caldera of an extinct volcano. The lake is approximately round, with the diameter of 6.6 km. It os 175 m deep, and occupied 21 square km. The lake's drainage basin occupies 38 sq km; influx and outflow of underground water plays a major role in the lake's water balance. According to Nicaraguan hydrologists, the lake's level dropped 10 m in some 30 years between 2002 and the mid 2000s. Source: Wikipedia

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