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Nicaragua's Natural Beauty:
The Volcanoes

If you've been surfing my Nicaragua website as it was designed, you should have already visited the Cities Section. Now, please continue to Nicaragua's Natural Beauty Part I and check out some of the country's most famous and majestic volcanoes. As of December 2003, I have sub-sections of Momotombo-Momotombito, Mombacho, Concepción-Maderas, Masaya and the always dangerous Cerro Negro Volcano.

INTRO

Nicaragua is nicknamed "The Land of Lakes and Volcanoes" for very good reasons. Overall, there're fifty-eight original volcanic peaks in the country. Six of these are active volcanoes, others are dormant or erupted long time ago to form some beautiful volcanic lakes.

EXTRA: Maribios Range
Another view

There's a volcanic range on Nicaragua's West Coast called "Maribios" (named after the pre-columbian tribe that lived in the area) which extends from the North-Western tip of the country (Chinandega) all the way to Ometepe Island (Rivas), in the Sourth-West. This line of volcanic peaks consists of many volcanic complexes such as San Cristóbal, Telica, Cerro Negro, Masaya, other ones, and individual ones like Momotombo, Mombacho, Concepción, Maderas, more.

Due to their importance, most of these volcanoes are now protected areas; some natural reserves while others national parks. Most of them are very easy to climb due to good condition access roads, like Masaya and Mombacho, while others are very tough due to their altitute, like Momotombo, Concepción, Maderas and San Cristóbal. In either case, an adventure of this type is definitely an unforgetable one and for most people, an exausting one.

MISC.

Steve Jordi
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Let's start with the highest peak in the country ... the San Cristóbal Volcano (a.k.a El Viejo).

This stratovolcano, located in the province of Chinandega, reaches an altitute of 1,745 meters. This calm volcano reported its fist eruption back in 1520 but since then, it hasn't done much. However, at the beginning of 2000, it emitted small amounts of ash, as it did again in May of 2001.

Check out the galleries of the following volcanoes: