Country: | Nicaragua | ||
Subregion Name: | Nicaragua | ||
Volcano Number: | 1404-132 | ||
Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
Volcano Status: | Holocene? | ||
Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
Summit Elevation: | 603 m | 1,978 feet | |
Latitude: | 12.53°N | 12°32'0"N | |
Longitude: | 86.142°W | 86°8'30"W | |
Cerro el Ciguatepe is one of several Quaternary volcanoes that lie in the Nicaraguan interior highlands, east of the Nicaraguan depression. The steep-sided stratovolcano was constructed east of the Río Pacora, NE of Lake Managua at the boundary of the flat-lying Tertiary ignimbrite deposits with the fault-blocks bordering the Nicaraguan depression. A small lava flow extends a short distance beyond the base of the cone through a breach in the SW wall of the well-preserved 1.5-km-wide crater. A blocky plug dome occupies the center of the crater. The relatively well-preserved Cerro el Ciguatepe cone is morphologically similar to the youthful cones of the Nejapa alignment (van Wyk de Vries 1999, pers. comm.) and may be of Holocene age. |