Momotombo

Momotombo is a stratovolcano in , located near the city of . It stands on the shores of . An eruption of the volcano in 1610 forced inhabitants of León, in the Spanish Empire, to relocate about 48 kilometres west.
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  • Volcano rising to 1,297 metres (4,255 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Mount Momotombo”
  • Description: active stratovolcano on the northwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán (Lake Managua), in La Paz Centro municipality, León Department, Nicaragua
  • Also known as
    “Mamea”
    “Momotombo volcano”
    “Volcán Momotombo”

Momotombo

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Latitude
12.4247° or 12° 25′ 29″ north
Longitude
-86.5385° or 86° 32′ 19″ west
Open location code
764MCFF6+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 303539079
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3617619
Wiki­data ID
Q575891

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Momotombo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mamea”
  • Afrikaans: “Momotombo”
  • Afrikaans: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Albanian: “Mamea”
  • Albanian: “Momotombo”
  • Albanian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Amharic: “Mamea”
  • Amharic: “Momotombo”
  • Amharic: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Amharic: “ሞሞቶምቦ”
  • Arabic: “Mamea”
  • Arabic: “Momotombo”
  • Arabic: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Arabic: “موموتومبو”
  • Aragonese: “Mamea”
  • Aragonese: “Momotombo”
  • Aragonese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Armenian: “Mamea”
  • Armenian: “Momotombo”
  • Armenian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Armenian: “Մոմոտոմբո”
  • Assamese: “Mamea”
  • Assamese: “Momotombo”
  • Assamese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Assamese: “মোমোতোম্বো”
  • Asturian: “Mamea”
  • Asturian: “Momotombo”
  • Asturian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mamea”
  • Azerbaijani: “Momotombo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Basque: “Mamea”
  • Basque: “Momotombo”
  • Basque: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Bavarian: “Mamea”
  • Bavarian: “Momotombo”
  • Bavarian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Belarusian: “Mamea”
  • Belarusian: “Momotombo”
  • Belarusian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Belarusian: “Маматомба”
  • Bengali: “Mamea”
  • Bengali: “Momotombo”
  • Bengali: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Bengali: “মোমোতোম্বো”
  • Bosnian: “Mamea”
  • Bosnian: “Momotombo”
  • Bosnian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Breton: “Mamea”
  • Breton: “Momotombo”
  • Breton: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Bulgarian: “Mamea”
  • Bulgarian: “Momotombo”
  • Bulgarian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Bulgarian: “Момотомбо”
  • Burmese: “Mamea”
  • Burmese: “Momotombo”
  • Burmese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Burmese: “မိုမိုတွမ်ဘို”
  • Catalan: “Mamea”
  • Catalan: “Momotombo”
  • Catalan: “volcà Momotombo”
  • Catalan: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Cebuano: “Mamea”
  • Cebuano: “Momotombo”
  • Cebuano: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Chinese: “Mamea”
  • Chinese: “Momotombo”
  • Chinese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Chinese: “莫莫通博火山”
  • Corsican: “Mamea”
  • Corsican: “Momotombo”
  • Corsican: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Croatian: “Mamea”
  • Croatian: “Momotombo”
  • Croatian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Czech: “Mamea”
  • Czech: “Momotombo”
  • Czech: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Danish: “Mamea”
  • Danish: “Momotombo”
  • Danish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Dutch: “Mamea”
  • Dutch: “Momotombo”
  • Dutch: “Momotombovulkaan”
  • Dutch: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “Mamea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “Momotombo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “موموتومبو”
  • Esperanto: “Mamea”
  • Esperanto: “Momotombo”
  • Esperanto: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Estonian: “Mamea”
  • Estonian: “Momotombo”
  • Estonian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Faroese: “Mamea”
  • Faroese: “Momotombo”
  • Faroese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Finnish: “Mamea”
  • Finnish: “Momotombo”
  • Finnish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • French: “Mamea”
  • French: “Momotombo”
  • French: “volcan Momotombo”
  • French: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Friulian: “Mamea”
  • Friulian: “Momotombo”
  • Friulian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Galician: “Mamea”
  • Galician: “Momotombo”
  • Galician: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Georgian: “Mamea”
  • Georgian: “Momotombo”
  • Georgian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Georgian: “მომოტომბო”
  • German: “Mamea”
  • German: “Momotombo”
  • German: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • German: “Vulkan Momotombo”
  • Greek: “Mamea”
  • Greek: “Momotombo”
  • Greek: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Greek: “Μομοτόμπο”
  • Gujarati: “Mamea”
  • Gujarati: “Momotombo”
  • Gujarati: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Gujarati: “મોમોતોમ્બો”
  • Haitian: “Mamea”
  • Haitian: “Momotombo”
  • Haitian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Hausa: “Mamea”
  • Hausa: “Momotombo”
  • Hausa: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Hawaiian: “Mamea”
  • Hawaiian: “Momotombo”
  • Hawaiian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Hebrew: “Mamea”
  • Hebrew: “Momotombo”
  • Hebrew: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Hebrew: “מומוטומבו”
  • Hindi: “Mamea”
  • Hindi: “Momotombo”
  • Hindi: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Hindi: “मोमोतोम्बो”
  • Hungarian: “Mamea”
  • Hungarian: “Momotombo”
  • Hungarian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Icelandic: “Mamea”
  • Icelandic: “Momotombo”
  • Icelandic: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Igbo: “Mamea”
  • Igbo: “Momotombo”
  • Igbo: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Indonesian: “Mamea”
  • Indonesian: “Momotombo”
  • Indonesian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Irish: “Mamea”
  • Irish: “Momotombo”
  • Irish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Italian: “Mamea”
  • Italian: “Momotombo”
  • Italian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Italian: “vulcano Momotombo”
  • Japanese: “Mamea”
  • Japanese: “Momotombo”
  • Japanese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Japanese: “モモトンボ”
  • Japanese: “モモトンボ火山”
  • Javanese: “Mamea”
  • Javanese: “Momotombo”
  • Javanese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Kannada: “Mamea”
  • Kannada: “Momotombo”
  • Kannada: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Kannada: “ಮೊಮೊತೊಂಬೊ”
  • Kazakh: “Mamea”
  • Kazakh: “Momotombo”
  • Kazakh: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Kazakh: “Момотомбо”
  • Khmer: “Mamea”
  • Khmer: “Momotombo”
  • Khmer: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Khmer: “ម៉ូម៉ូតុមបូ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Mamea”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Momotombo”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Kirghiz: “Mamea”
  • Kirghiz: “Momotombo”
  • Kirghiz: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Kirghiz: “Момотомбо”
  • Korean: “Mamea”
  • Korean: “Momotombo”
  • Korean: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Korean: “모모톰보 화산”
  • Korean: “모모톰보산”
  • Kurdish: “Mamea”
  • Kurdish: “Momotombo”
  • Kurdish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Lao: “Mamea”
  • Lao: “Momotombo”
  • Lao: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Lao: “ໂມໂມຕອມໂບ”
  • Latin: “Mamea”
  • Latin: “Momotombo”
  • Latin: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Latvian: “Mamea”
  • Latvian: “Momotombo”
  • Latvian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Limburgan: “Mamea”
  • Limburgan: “Momotombo”
  • Limburgan: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Lithuanian: “Mamea”
  • Lithuanian: “Momotombas”
  • Lithuanian: “Momotombo”
  • Lithuanian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Lombard: “Mamea”
  • Lombard: “Momotombo”
  • Lombard: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Low German: “Mamea”
  • Low German: “Momotombo”
  • Low German: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mamea”
  • Luxembourgish: “Momotombo”
  • Luxembourgish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Macedonian: “Mamea”
  • Macedonian: “Momotombo”
  • Macedonian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Macedonian: “Момотомбо”
  • Malagasy: “Mamea”
  • Malagasy: “Momotombo”
  • Malagasy: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Malay: “Mamea”
  • Malay: “Momotombo”
  • Malay: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Malayalam: “Mamea”
  • Malayalam: “Momotombo”
  • Malayalam: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Malayalam: “മൊമൊതൊംബോ”
  • Maltese: “Mamea”
  • Maltese: “Momotombo”
  • Maltese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Maori: “Mamea”
  • Maori: “Momotombo”
  • Maori: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Marathi: “Mamea”
  • Marathi: “Momotombo”
  • Marathi: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Marathi: “मोमोतोम्बो”
  • Mongolian: “Mamea”
  • Mongolian: “Momotombo”
  • Mongolian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Mongolian: “Момотомбо”
  • Neapolitan: “Mamea”
  • Neapolitan: “Momotombo”
  • Neapolitan: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Nepali: “Mamea”
  • Nepali: “Momotombo”
  • Nepali: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Nepali: “मोमोतोम्बो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mamea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Momotombo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mamea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Momotombo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Norwegian: “Momotombo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mamea”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Momotombo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Oriya: “Mamea”
  • Oriya: “Momotombo”
  • Oriya: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Oriya: “ମୋମୋତୋମ୍ବୋ”
  • Panjabi: “Mamea”
  • Panjabi: “Momotombo”
  • Panjabi: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੋਮੋਤੋਮਬੋ”
  • Papiamento: “Mamea”
  • Papiamento: “Momotombo”
  • Papiamento: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Persian: “Mamea”
  • Persian: “Momotombo”
  • Persian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Persian: “موموتومبو”
  • Piemontese: “Mamea”
  • Piemontese: “Momotombo”
  • Piemontese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Polish: “Mamea”
  • Polish: “Momotombo”
  • Polish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Polish: “wulkan Momotombo”
  • Portuguese: “Mamea”
  • Portuguese: “Momotombo”
  • Portuguese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Portuguese: “Vulcão Momotombo”
  • Pushto: “Mamea”
  • Pushto: “Momotombo”
  • Pushto: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Pushto: “موموتومبو”
  • Romanian: “Mamea”
  • Romanian: “Momotombo”
  • Romanian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Romansh: “Mamea”
  • Romansh: “Momotombo”
  • Romansh: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Russian: “Mamea”
  • Russian: “Momotombo”
  • Russian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Russian: “вулкан Момотомбо”
  • Russian: “Момотомбо”
  • Samoan: “Mamea”
  • Samoan: “Momotombo”
  • Samoan: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Scots: “Mamea”
  • Scots: “Momotombo”
  • Scots: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mamea”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Momotombo”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Serbian: “Mamea”
  • Serbian: “Momotombo”
  • Serbian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Serbian: “Момотомбо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mamea”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Momotombo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Sicilian: “Mamea”
  • Sicilian: “Momotombo”
  • Sicilian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Sinhala: “Mamea”
  • Sinhala: “Momotombo”
  • Sinhala: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Sinhala: “මොමොතොම්බෝ”
  • Slovak: “Mamea”
  • Slovak: “Momotombo”
  • Slovak: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Slovenian: “Mamea”
  • Slovenian: “Momotombo”
  • Slovenian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Somali: “Mamea”
  • Somali: “Momotombo”
  • Somali: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Spanish: “Mamea”
  • Spanish: “Momotombo”
  • Spanish: “Volcán de Momotombo”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Sundanese: “Mamea”
  • Sundanese: “Momotombo”
  • Sundanese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Swahili: “Mamea”
  • Swahili: “Momotombo”
  • Swahili: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Swedish: “Mamea”
  • Swedish: “Momotombo”
  • Swedish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Swiss German: “Mamea”
  • Swiss German: “Momotombo”
  • Swiss German: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Tagalog: “Mamea”
  • Tagalog: “Momotombo”
  • Tagalog: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Tamil: “Mamea”
  • Tamil: “Momotombo”
  • Tamil: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Tamil: “மொமொதொம்போ”
  • Telugu: “Mamea”
  • Telugu: “Momotombo”
  • Telugu: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Telugu: “మొమొతోంబో”
  • Thai: “Mamea”
  • Thai: “Momotombo”
  • Thai: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Thai: “โมโมตอมโบ”
  • Turkish: “Mamea”
  • Turkish: “Momotombo Yanardağı”
  • Turkish: “Momotombo”
  • Turkish: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Turkmen: “Mamea”
  • Turkmen: “Momotombo”
  • Turkmen: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Ukrainian: “Mamea”
  • Ukrainian: “Momotombo”
  • Ukrainian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Ukrainian: “вулкан Момотомбо”
  • Ukrainian: “Момотомбо”
  • Urdu: “Mamea”
  • Urdu: “Momotombo”
  • Urdu: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Urdu: “موموتومبو”
  • Uzbek: “Mamea”
  • Uzbek: “Momotombo”
  • Uzbek: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Venetian: “Mamea”
  • Venetian: “Momotombo”
  • Venetian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Vietnamese: “Mamea”
  • Vietnamese: “Momotombo”
  • Vietnamese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Vlaams: “Mamea”
  • Vlaams: “Momotombo”
  • Vlaams: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Walloon: “Mamea”
  • Walloon: “Momotombo”
  • Walloon: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Welsh: “Mamea”
  • Welsh: “Momotombo”
  • Welsh: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Western Frisian: “Mamea”
  • Western Frisian: “Momotombo”
  • Western Frisian: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Xhosa: “Mamea”
  • Xhosa: “Momotombo”
  • Xhosa: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Yoruba: “Mamea”
  • Yoruba: “Momotombo”
  • Yoruba: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Yue Chinese: “Mamea”
  • Yue Chinese: “Momotombo”
  • Yue Chinese: “Volcán Momotombo”
  • Yue Chinese: “莫莫通博火山”
  • Zulu: “Mamea”
  • Zulu: “Momotombo”
  • Zulu: “Volcán Momotombo”

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