Central America
Nicaragua
León Department

Cerro Negro

Cerro Negro is an active volcano in the mountain range in , about 10 km from the village of Malpaisillo. It is a very new volcano, the youngest in Central America, having first appeared in April 1850.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 728 metres
  • Description: Active vulcano in Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “Volcán Cerro Negro”, “Volcán Negro”, and “Volcano Cerro Negro”

Cerro Negro

Latitude
12.50782° or 12° 30′ 28″ north
Longitude
-86.70329° or 86° 42′ 12″ west
Elevation
728 metres (2,388 feet)
Open location code
764MG75W+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1199504508
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3620417
Wiki­data ID
Q607078
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Cerro Negro” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Volcán Cerro Negro”
  • Chinese: “塞罗内格罗”
  • Chinese: “塞罗内格罗火山”
  • Chinese: “塞羅內格羅”
  • Croatian: “Cerro Negro”
  • Dutch: “Cerro Negro”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سيرو نيجرو”
  • French: “Cerro Negro”
  • French: “Volcan Cerro Negro”
  • German: “Cerro Negro”
  • German: “Volcán Cerro Negro”
  • German: “Volcano Cerro Negro”
  • German: “Vulkan Cerro Negro”
  • Hebrew: “סרו נגרו”
  • Italian: “Cerro Negro”
  • Japanese: “セロ・ネグロ”
  • Japanese: “ネグロ山”
  • Korean: “세로네그로산”
  • Lithuanian: “Sero Negras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cerro Negro”
  • Norwegian: “Cerro Negro”
  • Persian: “سرو نگرو”
  • Piemontese: “Cerro Negro”
  • Portuguese: “Cerro Negro”
  • Russian: “Серро-Негро”
  • Slovak: “Cerro Negro”
  • Spanish: “Cerro Negro”
  • Spanish: “Volcan Cerro Negro”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Cerro Negro”
  • Swedish: “Cerro Negro”
  • Swedish: “Volcán Cerro Negro”
  • Swiss German: “Cerro Negro Vulkan”
  • Swiss German: “Cerro Negro”
  • Ukrainian: “Серро-Негро”
  • Venetian: “Cerro Negro”

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