Apoyeque
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| Apoyeque | |
|---|---|
 Map of Nicaragua, showing location of Chiltepe peninsula and Nicaragua volcanic front. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 518 m (1,699 ft) |
| Coordinates | 12°14′30″N 86°20′30″W / 12.24167°N 86.34167°W |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Nicaragua |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Pyroclastic shield |
| Volcanic arc | Central America Volcanic Arc |
| Last eruption | 50 BC ± 100 years |
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.[1]
Apoyeque is a volcanic complex that formed and occupies the Chiltepe Peninsula. It is part of the Chiltepe pyroclastic shield volcano, one of three ignimbrite shields on the Nicaraguan volcanic front.[2]
The lake at its center, Apoyeque lake (Spanish: Laguna de Apoyeque, also called Laguna de Apoyaque,[3]), its shore 100 meters below the peak of the caldera, at its bottom reaches down to sea level.
Apoyeque, as well as the entire Chiltepe peninsula are part of the Managua administrative region, in close proximity to city of Managua, Nicaragua's capital.[4]
Immediately southeast of Apoyeque peak is the 2.5 × 3 kilometer-wide lake-filled Xiloá (Jiloá) maar, a part of the Apoyeque complex.
