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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-08064

Maderas volcano rises to a height of 1394 m across a roughly 20-km-wide strait from the western shores of Lake Nicaragua.  The volcano, also known as La Madera, is the SE-most of two large stratovolcanoes forming the dumbbell-shaped island of Ometepe.  No historical eruptions are known from Maderas. Photo by Jaime Incer.

Maderas volcano rises to a height of 1394 m across a roughly 20-km-wide strait from the western shores of Lake Nicaragua. The volcano, also known as La Madera, is the SE-most of two large stratovolcanoes forming the dumbbell-shaped island of Ometepe. No historical eruptions are known from Maderas.

Photo by Jaime Incer.

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Maderas