# Mombacho

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{{short description|Volcano in Nicaragua}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mombacho
| | elevation_m   = 1344
| elevation_ref = <ref name=gvp>{{cite gvp|vn=344110|name=Mombacho|access-date=2005-09-08}}</ref>
| prominence_m  =
| prominence_ref=
| listing = [List of volcanoes in Nicaragua](/source/List_of_volcanoes_in_Nicaragua)
| location = [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua)
| map = Nicaragua
| map_size = 250
| label_position = right
| coordinates   = {{coord|11|49|34|N|85|58|03|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref= <ref name=gvp/>
| type = [Stratovolcano](/source/Stratovolcano)
| age = [Holocene](/source/Holocene)
| volcanic_arc = [Central America Volcanic Arc](/source/Central_America_Volcanic_Arc)
| last_eruption = 1570
}}

'''Mombacho''' is a [stratovolcano](/source/stratovolcano) in [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua), near the city of [Granada](/source/Granada%2C_Nicaragua). It is {{convert|1344|m}} high. The '''Mombacho Volcano Nature Reserve''' is one of 78 [protected areas of Nicaragua](/source/protected_areas_of_Nicaragua). Mombacho’s last eruption occurred in 1570. There is no historical knowledge of earlier eruptions.

The highest regions of the volcano are home to a [cloud forest](/source/cloud_forest) and [dwarf forest](/source/dwarf_forest), which contain flora and fauna  [endemic](/source/endemism) purely to the volcano. An increasingly popular tourist attraction, the volcano has views of [Lake Nicaragua](/source/Lake_Nicaragua) and the city of Granada. The volcano also has two hiking trails, a moderate one that circles the main crater, and another, more difficult trail (El Puma), which must be led by a guide.  The more difficult trail is the only way to see some features such as the dwarf forest.  The trail is almost completely 45° inclines and declines for about two miles.

More than 700 different plants are registered around Mombacho, including many species of [orchids](/source/Orchidaceae).

==Images of Mombacho==
<gallery>
File:Mombacho.JPG|Slope
File:Mombacho crater.JPG|Crater
File:Mombacho april 13 2009.jpg|Panorama taken on Mombacho
File:Mombacho far.jpg|Mombacho from a distance
File:Mombacho from Granada.jpg|Mombacho from [Granada](/source/Granada%2C_Nicaragua).
File:Mombacho taken from the Pan-American Highway.jpg|Mombacho with cloud cover photographed from the Pan-American Highway near El Calmito (Nicaragua).
</gallery>

==See also==
*[List of volcanoes in Nicaragua](/source/List_of_volcanoes_in_Nicaragua)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Natures Reserves in Nicaragua}}
{{Central American volcanoes}}
{{Authority control}}

Category:Stratovolcanoes of Nicaragua
Category:Mountains of Nicaragua
Category:Protected areas of Nicaragua
Category:One-thousanders of North America

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