Cosigüina

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Cosigüina from space

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The Cosigüina also Cosegüina is a stratovolcano in the western part of Nicaragua. It forms a broad peninsula into the Gulf of Fonseca. The Gipfelkaldera has a diameter of 2 x 2.4 km and is 500 meters deep. At the bottom there is the crater lake Laguna Cosigüina. The volcano grew up in an older Somma, which is not yet fully covered on the north side.

On January 22, 1835, the most violent outbreak of Nicaraguan history, it was observed by this ash was found in the 1400 km distance in Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica. Within a radius of 150 kilometers, the ash darkened the daylight. 2002, there was an accumulation of earthquakes near the Cosigüina. As a result of hydrothermal activity increase in Cosigüinasee temporarily gas bubbles and on the eastern flank there is a hot spring. The steady growth of the crater indicates the absence of gas leaks.