Ometepe – Geoheritage for Resilience

Welcome to the IGCP 692 'Geoheritage for Geohazard Resilience' and IGCP 718 'Bringing Geology & Geoheritage to Life' website.

Isla de Ometepe

These are a selection of pictures taken around Ometepe, mostly on Concepcion.

Concepcion seen from the Rivas side of Lake Nicaragua

Concepcion seen from Charco Verde, from the south

Concepcion seen from the north side

Concepcion seen from Punta Jesus Maria, on th west

Gass plume streaming from Concepcion in January 1996

Concpecion’s SW Gully with Lahar Fan afterm Hurricane Juana 1988

Maderas volcano seen from Concepcion

Kids playing baseball in Alta Gracia Quarry with a small graben behind

Charco Verde and Loma el Mogote seen from summit of Concepcion

The Western Slopes towards Moyogalpa seen from Concepcion’s slopes

Concepcion strata tilted at 45 degrees.

Concepcion Pumic layers ‘Tierra Blanca’ Pumic, tilted.

A fault putting Tierra Blanca pumice against older scoria, above Moyogalpa

Lahar damage 1986 – SW side of Concepcion

Lahar Damage – In Chaguite (banana plantation) Urbaite 1987

Magnificent tree growing on a lava

Young tree trunk in Lahar deposit

At the summit of Concpecion: Socria from 1957 eruption

Fault with fumarole (white) precipitation in Alta Gracia Quarry

El Valle Encantado on the NW slopes of Concepcion