Mombacho, Nicaragua

Stratovolcano · 1,344 m (4,409 ft)

Mombacho is a stratovolcano in Nicaragua, 1,344 m (4,409 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 400 people where the toll is counted.

Mombacho on the map

Mombacho 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: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 1,344 m (4,409 ft)
Country: Nicaragua
Summit: 11.826° N, 85.968° W
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 344110

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

1570400 deaths

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.