Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-05596

Image GVP-05596

An aerial oblique photo from the NW shows the summit crater complex of Masaya volcano. The wall of the 6 x 11 km wide caldera inside which the central cone complex was constructed can be seen at the upper right and the extreme upper left (where it contains Lake Masaya). Aerial photo by Instituto Geográfico Nacional, 1975 (courtesy of Jaime Incer).

An aerial oblique photo from the NW shows the summit crater complex of Masaya volcano. The wall of the 6 x 11 km wide caldera inside which the central cone complex was constructed can be seen at the upper right and the extreme upper left (where it contains Lake Masaya).

Aerial photo by Instituto Geográfico Nacional, 1975 (courtesy of Jaime Incer).

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Masaya

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Image GVP-05596