Momotombo
Momotombo is a stratovolcano in Nicaragua, located near the city of León. It stands on the shores of Lake Managua. An eruption of the volcano in 1610 forced inhabitants of León, in the Spanish Empire, to relocate about 48 kilometres west.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,297 metres
- Description: volcano in Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Volcan Momotombo” and “Volcán Momotombo”
- Historically known as: “Mount Momotombo”
Momotombo
- Category: landform
- Location: La Paz Centro, León Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.4247° or 12° 25′ 29″ northLongitude
-86.5385° or 86° 32′ 19″ westElevation
1,297 metres (4,255 feet)Open location code
764MCFF6+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 303539079OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Momotombo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Momotombo” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Asturian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Azerbaijani: “Momotombo”
- Azerbaijani: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Bulgarian: “Момотомбо”
- Catalan: “Momotombo”
- Cebuano: “Momotombo”
- Cebuano: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Chinese: “莫莫通博火山”
- Croatian: “Momotombo”
- Croatian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Czech: “Momotombo”
- Czech: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Dutch: “Momotombo”
- Dutch: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Esperanto: “Momotombo”
- Esperanto: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Estonian: “Momotombo”
- Estonian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Finnish: “Momotombo”
- French: “Momotombo”
- French: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Galician: “Momotombo”
- Galician: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Georgian: “მომოტომბო”
- German: “Momotombo”
- German: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Hebrew: “מומוטומבו”
- Hungarian: “Momotombo”
- Hungarian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Italian: “Momotombo”
- Italian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Japanese: “モモトンボ”
- Korean: “모모톰보산”
- Latvian: “Momotombo”
- Latvian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Lithuanian: “Momotombas”
- Macedonian: “Момотомбо (вулкан)”
- Macedonian: “Момотомбо”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Norwegian: “Momotombo”
- Persian: “موموتومبو”
- Polish: “Momotombo”
- Polish: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Portuguese: “Vulcão Momotombo”
- Russian: “Момотомбо”
- Serbian: “Момотомбо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Momotombo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Slovak: “Momotombo”
- Slovak: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Slovenian: “Momotombo”
- Slovenian: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Spanish: “Momotombo”
- Spanish: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Swedish: “Momotombo”
- Swedish: “Volcán Momotombo”
- Ukrainian: “Момотомбо”
- “Volcán Momotombo”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Cayetano and Puerto Momotombo.
Notable Places Nearby
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