Volcanoes of Nicaragua

Cerro Negro, Nicaragua

Cinder cone · 728 m (2,388 ft)

Cerro Negro is a cinder cone in Nicaragua, 728 m (2,388 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 11 people where the toll is counted.

Cerro Negro on the map

Cerro Negro 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
Cinder cone
Elevation
728 m (2,388 ft)
Country
Nicaragua
Summit
12.506° N, 86.702° W
Last known eruption
1964 or later
Holocene activity known from
Historical
Smithsonian volcano number
344070

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

Photos

From the NCEI/WDS Natural Hazards Image Database (doi:10.7289/V5154F01). Only photos by the USGS and NOAA, which are public domain, are shown.

Cerro Negro, Nicaragua
Cerro Negro, Nicaragua This view was taken on February 10, 1971, on the eighth day of an eleven-day eruption cycle. The eruption has produced an enlargement of the summit crater and a broadening of the cone due to ashfalls. Photo: R.E. Wilcox, U.S. Geological Survey.

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.