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Country: | Nicaragua | |
| Subregion Name: | Nicaragua | ||
| Volcano Number: | 1404-07= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Cinder cones | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 1999 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 728 m | 2,388 feet | |
| Latitude: | 12.506°N | 12°30'22"N | |
| Longitude: | 86.702°W | 86°42'7"W | |
| Central America's youngest volcano, Cerro Negro, was born in April 1850 and has since been one of the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua. Cerro Negro is the largest, southernmost, and most recent of a group of four youthful cinder cones constructed along a NNW-SSE-trending line in the central Marrabios Range 5 km NW of Las Pilas volcano. Strombolian-to-subplinian eruptions at Cerro Negro at intervals of a few years to several decades have constructed a roughly 250-m-high basaltic cone and an associated lava field that is constrained by topography to extend primarily to the NE and SW. Cone and crater morphology at Cerro Negro have varied significantly during its eruptive history. Although Cerro Negro lies in a relatively unpopulated area, its occasional heavy ashfalls have caused damage to crops and buildings in populated regions of the Nicaraguan depression. | |||
