Zapatera
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.- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 625 metres
- Description: shield volcano in the national park on Isla Zapatera in Lake Nicaragua, Granada Department, Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Volcán Zapatera” and “Zapatera Vulcano”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isla Zapatera.
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.Zapatera
- Categories: shield volcano and landform
- Location: Granada, Granada Department, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude
11.738° or 11° 44′ 17″ north
Longitude
-85.8166° or 85° 48′ 60″ west
Elevation
625 metres (2,051 feet)
Open location code
763PP5QM+59
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Zapatera from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Zapatera” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Asturian: “Zapatera”
- Basque: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Croatian: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Croatian: “Zapatera”
- Czech: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Czech: “Zapatera”
- Dutch: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Dutch: “Zapatera”
- Estonian: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Estonian: “Zapatera”
- French: “Volcán Zapatera”
- French: “Zapatera”
- Georgian: “საპატერა”
- German: “Volcán Zapatera”
- German: “Zapatera”
- Greek: “Θαπατέρα”
- Greek: “Σαπατέρα”
- Italian: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Lithuanian: “Sapatera”
- Persian: “زاپاترا”
- Polish: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Polish: “Zapatera”
- Portuguese: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Portuguese: “Zapatera”
- Romanian: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Russian: “Остров Сапатера”
- Russian: “Сапатера (вулкан)”
- Russian: “Сапатера”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zapatera”
- Slovak: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Slovak: “Zapatera”
- Spanish: “Volcán Zapatera”
- Spanish: “Zapatera (volcán)”
- Spanish: “Zapatera”
- Ukrainian: “Сапатера (вулкан)”
- Ukrainian: “Сапатера”
- “Volcán Zapatera”
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