Maderas
Sign in to saveMaderas (Spanish: Volcán Maderas), also known by its aboriginal name Omeyateite from the Nawat language, is a volcano in Nicaragua. With a height of , it is the smaller of the two volcanoes which make up the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua. Unlike Concepción, the other volcano on the island, Maderas has not been active in historical times. Its crater contains a crater lake.
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- Maderas (volcano)
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- Maderas_seen_from_the_South_by_ET.JPG
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- Maderas, as seen from the south (April 2008)
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- 1394
- Mountain.location
- Rivas Department, Nicaragua
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- Nicaragua
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- Location in Nicaragua
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- 240
- Mountain.label_position
- bottom
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
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- Central America Volcanic Arc
- Mountain.last_eruption
- Unknown
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Maderas (Spanish: Volcán Maderas), also known by its aboriginal name Omeyateite from the Nawat language, is a volcano in Nicaragua. With a height of , it is the smaller of the two volcanoes which make up the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua. Unlike Concepción, the other volcano on the island, Maderas has not been active in historical times. Its crater contains a crater lake.
The slopes of Maderas are one of the few places on the Pacific side of Nicaragua where cloud forests grow. The only other place where this ecosystem can be found is the Mombacho volcano. Cloud forests are characterized by a rich plant and animal life, made possible by the high levels of humidity in the climate. Prehistoric petroglyphs have been found at the Maderas volcano.