Zapatera Archipelago National Park
The Zapatera Archipelago is located in Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua. It consists of the Zapatera Island, Isla el Muerto and several other islets. The Zapatera Archipelago National Park is located there.- Type: Park
- Description: protected area in Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Archipiélago de Zapatera”, “Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Zapatera”, and “Zapatera Archipelago”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isla Zapatera and Zapatera.
Isla Zapatera
Photo: Luis Sáenz, CC BY 2.0.
Isla Zapatera is the second largest island in Lago Cocibolca in the southern part of Nicaragua. The island is the largest land mass of the Parque Nacional Archipelago Zapatera and is known for lush tropical forests on the slopes of a dormant volcano as well as its archaeological sites containing statues and a large number of petroglyphs.
Zapatera
Volcano
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. Zapatera is situated 2½ km east of Zapatera Archipelago National Park.
Zapatera Archipelago National Park
- Category: protected area
- Location: Granada, Granada Department, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Zapatera Archipelago National Park” goes by many names.
- French: “Archipiélago de Zapatera”
- French: “Parc national de l’archipel de Zapatera”
- German: “Archipel Zapatera Nationalpark”
- German: “Archipiélago de Zapatera”
- German: “Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Zapatera”
- Spanish: “Archipiélago de Zapatera”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Zapatera”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional Archipiélago Zapatera”
- “Archipiélago de Zapatera”
- “Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Zapatera”
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