Volcán Zapatera
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Zapatera is a shield volcano located in the southern part of Nicaragua. It forms the island of Isla Zapatera in the Lake Nicaragua. Isla Zapatera constitutes one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Zapatera
- Mountain.photo
- Ometepemap.png
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 629
- Mountain.location
- Granada Department, Nicaragua
- Mountain.map
- Nicaragua
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Nicaragua
- Mountain.map_size
- 240
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.type
- Shield volcano
- Mountain.volcanic_arc
- Central America Volcanic Arc
- Mountain.last_eruption
- Unknown
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- shield volcano
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Located in
- Granada Department
- Population
- 566
- Area
- 52
- Elevation
- 639
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Body of water
- Lake Nicaragua
- Image
- Ometepemap.png
- Width
- 7
- Length
- 10
Show 2 more facts
- mountain range
- American Cordillera
- located in/on physical feature
- Isla Zapatera
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Zapatera is a shield volcano located in the southern part of Nicaragua. It forms the island of Isla Zapatera in the Lake Nicaragua. Isla Zapatera constitutes one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua.
As of 1850, Zapatera was described "uninhabited" by British writer John Baily. The archaeological site of Zapatera is located on the island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volcán Zapatera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations