Las Pilas (El Hoyo) Volcanic Complex, Nicaragua

The Hakkoda volcanic complex (Hakkoda, Hakkodasan, Hakkoda Mountains) are an active volcanic complex in south-central Aomori Prefecture on N Honshu Island, Japan.  Its highest peak, Mount Odake is 1,584 m.  The complex is built inside and around a 9 km diameter caldera created by a series of multiple VEI 7.0 starting 869 ka. There are […]

Volcan Mombacho Mombacho is a 1,345 m stratocone located around 10 S of Granada.  It is bounded by Lake Nicaragua to the E and the Apoyo Caldera to the NW.  It is asymmetrical in shape.  The summit has been greatly modified by flank collapse and erosion, though it was originally symmetrical.  Drainage today are young […]

Volcan Mombacho is a 1,344 m andesitic to basalt stratovolcano on the shores of Lake Nicaragua.  It is located on the Central American volcanic front in Nicaragua.  The volcano is notable for at least three flank collapses and debris avalanche deposits below the volcano.  The known flank collapse events all appear to be cold affairs.  […]