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Cosigüina (also spelt Cosegüina) is a stratovolcano located in the western part of Nicaragua. It forms a large peninsula extending into the Gulf of Fonseca. The summit is truncated by a large caldera 2 x 2.4 km in diameter and 500 m deep holding a substantial crater lake (Laguna Cosigüina). This cone has grown within an earlier caldera forming a somma volcano. The earlier caldera rim is still exposed on the north side but has been buried by the younger cone elsewhere.
