Apoyeque

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Apoyeque
The Chiltepe Peninsula on the other side of Lake Managua. The horizontal edge of the Apoyeque Caldera is visible slightly to the right of the center.

The Chiltepe Peninsula on the other side of Lake Managua . The horizontal edge of the Apoyeque Caldera is visible slightly to the right of the center.

height 518  m
location Nicaragua
Coordinates 12 ° 14 ′ 30 ″  N , 86 ° 20 ′ 30 ″  W Coordinates: 12 ° 14 ′ 30 ″  N , 86 ° 20 ′ 30 ″  W
Apoyeque (Nicaragua)
Apoyeque
Type Pyroclastic shield volcano
Last eruption 50 BC Chr. ± 100 years

The Apoyeque volcanic complex is located on the Chiltepe peninsula, which extends into the southern part of Lake Managua in Nicaragua .

The peninsula is part of the pyroclastic shield volcano Chiltepe , one of the three large ignimbrite shield volcanoes of the Nicaraguan volcanic chain. Inside the Apoyeque there is a caldera filled with a crater lake with a diameter of 2.8 kilometers and a depth of 400 meters. Immediately south-east of the volcano is the Xiloá maar, which is filled with a lakewith an extension of 2.5 by 3 kilometers. The Talpetatl lava dome was created between Laguna Xiloá and Lake Managua. 6,100 years ago, pyroclastic currents with a volume of 1.9 cubic kilometers were ejected in the area of ​​Laguna Xiloá, covering a wide area. Another powerful eruption occurred around 50 BC. With the ejection of about 18 cubic kilometers of tephra .

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