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Volcán San Cristóbal

Elevation
1,745 m
#10,245
in the world
#4
in Nicaragua

Volcán San Cristóbal is a volcano in Nicaragua, rising to 1,745 m, the 4th highest we list in Nicaragua.

Nearest town
15 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Volcán San Cristóbal

Volcán San Cristóbal lies in Nicaragua, in Chinandega Department.

Key facts

Elevation
1,745 m (5,725 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Volcano
Region
Chinandega Department
Coordinates
12.703, -87.006

How it ranks

Among peaks in Nicaragua
#4of 28
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#10,245of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Volcán Telica1,061 m21 km
Volcán Momotombo1,297 m60 km
Cerro El Variador1,522 m70 km
Cerro Peña Grande del Gualiquemito1,412 m71 km
Cerro El Alto del Cedro1,593 m71 km
La Fila1,449 m77 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Volcán San Cristóbal.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
ChichigalpaNicaragua33,13715 km
ChinandegaNicaragua126,38716 km
El ViejoNicaragua53,50418 km
CorintoNicaragua19,18331 km
LeónNicaragua144,53833 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.