Isla Zapatera
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: Volcanic island in Nicaragua, in Lake Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Zapatera Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zapatera.
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.
Isla Zapatera
- Category: landform
- Location: Granada Department, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Isla Zapatera from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Isla Zapatera” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isla Zapatera”
- Dutch: “Isla Zapatera”
- Italian: “Isola Zapatera”
- Romanian: “Insula Zapatera”
- Russian: “Isla Zapatera”
- Russian: “Остров Сапатера”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zapatera”
- Spanish: “Isla Zapatera”
- Swedish: “Isla La Zapatera”
- Swedish: “Isla Zapatera”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Isla Zapatera”. Photo: Mat Honan, CC BY 2.0.