Calderas of Central America

crater lake in the Western Highlands of Guatemala

Volcano in the Department of Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Crater lake in El Salvador

active volcano in Nicaragua

Cosigüina (also spelt Cosegüina) is a stratovolcano located in the western part of Nicaragua. It forms a large peninsula extending into the Gulf of Fonseca. The summit is truncated by a large caldera, 2 x 2.4 km in diameter and 500 m deep, holding a substantial crater lake (Laguna Cosigüina). This cone has grown within an earlier caldera, forming a somma volcano. The earlier caldera rim is still exposed on the north side, but has been buried by the younger cone elsewhere.

lake in El Salvador

crater lake in Guatemala Department

mountain in Costa Rica

volcano

body of water

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.

body of water