Masaya (Spanish: Volcán Masaya) is a caldera located in Masaya, Nicaragua, 20 km (12 mi) south of the capital Managua. It is Nicaragua's first and largest national park, and one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua. The complex volcano is composed of a nested set of calderas and craters, the largest of which is Las Sierras shield volcano and caldera. Within this caldera lies a sub-vent, which is Masaya Volcano sensu stricto. The vent is a shield type composing of basaltic lavas and tephras and includes a summit crater. This hosts Masaya caldera, formed 2,500 years ago by an 8 km3 (1.9 cu mi) basaltic ignimbrite eruption. Inside this caldera a new basaltic complex has grown from eruptions mainly on a semi-circular set of vents that include the Masaya and Nindiri cones. The latter host the pit craters of Masaya, Santiago, Nindiri and San Pedro. Observations in the walls of the pit craters indicate that there have been several episodes of cone and pit crater formation.
Masaya continually emits large amounts of sulfur dioxide gas (from the active Santiago crater) and volcanologists study this (amongst other signs) to better understand the behavior of the volcano and also evaluate the impact of acid rain and the potential for health problems.
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is MasayaVolcano sensu stricto. The vent is a shield type composing of basaltic lavas and tephras and includes a summit crater. This hosts Masaya caldera...
31 km southeast of Managua. It is located just east of the MasayaVolcano, an active volcano from which the city takes its name. With an estimated population...
activity at MasayaVolcano, Nicaragua" (PDF). Eps.mcgill.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-15. "Masaya". www.volcanodiscovery...
also the site of the MasayaVolcano, an active 635m volcano which last erupted in 2016. Catarina La Concepción Masatepe Masaya Nandasmo Nindirí Niquinohomo...
is named for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries. MasayaVolcano located in Nicaragua is known as another gate of hell, it is part of...
syn-eruptive conditions of a basaltic Plinian eruption at MasayaVolcano, Nicaragua: The Masaya Triple Layer (2.1 ka)". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal...
part of a scientific expedition, Dubno descended to the caldera of the MasayaVolcano in Nicaragua in 2019. He conducted experiments including: Thermal mapping...
syn-eruptive conditions of a basaltic Plinian eruption at MasayaVolcano, Nicaragua: The Masaya Triple Layer". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research...
Niagara Falls. Wallenda walked 1,800 feet (550 m) on a steel cable over MasayaVolcano in Nicaragua, his longest walk, on March 4, 2020. Wallenda is a 7th-generation...
In December 2015, Timmer married meteorologist Maria Molina at the MasayaVolcano National Park in Nicaragua. Timmer resides in Golden, Colorado, after...
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Research. In December 2015, she married stormchaser Reed Timmer at the MasayaVolcano National Park in Nicaragua. "Maria Molina | Biography". Fox News Channel...
after Long Way Round. She accompanies them on a visit to the active Masayavolcano in Nicaragua, and then through Central America to the Mexican border...
Granada. Also, the cities of León, Masaya, Rivas and the likes of San Juan del Sur, San Juan River, Ometepe, Mombacho Volcano, and others are the main tourist...
Cerro Negro volcano in León. Both dormant and active volcanoes can be climbed. Some of the most visited volcanoes include the MasayaVolcano, Momotombo...
counterpart. Other volcanos in Central America include the Salvadorian Santa Ana, Izalco, and San Salvador volcanoes, the Nicaraguan Masayavolcano, and the Costa...
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caldera in Greece, the Villarica, Lascar, Chaitén and Calbuco volcanoes in Chile, MasayaVolcano in Nicaragua (where she was held up at gunpoint), Mount Etna...
Volcanic Zone. Active volcanoes such as Stromboli, Mount Etna and Kīlauea do not appear on this list, but some back-arc basin volcanoes that generated calderas...
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Returns to Conquer His Most Dangerous Highwire Walk Yet - Over the Active MasayaVolcano in Nicaragua". The Futon Critic. January 14, 2020. "HBO Sports(R), Ringer...
the city of Granada. It is 1,344 metres (4,409 ft) high. The Mombacho Volcano Nature Reserve is one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua. Mombacho’s last...
involved. 2020 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the MasayaVolcano in Nicaragua. 895 – Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han Dynasty (d...
Hill". The ancestors settled from the Laguna de Masaya to the Pochote in the margins of the MasayaVolcano, then was moved to Nimboja and Jalapa. According...
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