Apoyeque
Apoyeque is a pyroclastic shield, located in the Chiltepe Peninsula Natural Reserve in Nicaragua. It has a 2.8-km wide, 400-m-deep, lake-filled caldera.Photo: Alexrk2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 420 metres
- Description: shield volcano in Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Apoyeque Volcano” and “Volcán Apoyeque”
Apoyeque
- Categories: shield volcano and landform
- Location: Managua Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.2443° or 12° 14′ 39″ northLongitude
-86.3418° or 86° 20′ 31″ westElevation
420 metres (1,378 feet)Open location code
764M6MV5+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2117610415OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcanoWikidata ID
Q620603
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Satellite Map
Discover Apoyeque from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Apoyeque” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Apoyeque”
- Dutch: “Volcán Apoyeque”
- French: “Apoyeque”
- French: “Volcán Apoyeque”
- German: “Apoyeque”
- German: “Volcán Apoyeque”
- Japanese: “アポヤケ山”
- Lithuanian: “Apojekė”
- Lithuanian: “Volcán Apojekė”
- Macedonian: “Апоеке”
- Macedonian: “Апојек (вулкан)”
- Polish: “Apoyeque”
- Russian: “Апоеке”
- Russian: “Апойеке”
- Slovak: “Apoyeque”
- Slovak: “Volcán Apoyeque”
- Spanish: “Volcán Apoyeque”
- Swedish: “Apoyeque”
- Swedish: “Volcán Apoyeque”
- “Volcán Apoyeque”
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