Volcanoes of Nicaragua

Apoyeque, Nicaragua

Pyroclastic shield · 518 m (1,699 ft)

Apoyeque is a pyroclastic shield in Nicaragua, 518 m (1,699 ft) high. Its last known eruption: bC (Holocene). NOAA records 1 significant eruption here.

Apoyeque on the map

Apoyeque and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

  • Since 1964
  • 1900 to 1963
  • 1800s
  • AD 1 to 1799
  • Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type
Pyroclastic shield
Elevation
518 m (1,699 ft)
Country
Nicaragua
Summit
12.242° N, 86.342° W
Last known eruption
BC (Holocene)
Holocene activity known from
Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number
344091

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.