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Salto Mataka

Salto Mataka, seen from above at true elevation

Salto Mataka is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Cerro La Tortuga stands 497 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro Buenos Aires, a peak 2.3 miles away. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates12.30494, -84.29546

63 named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 6

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salto Mataka. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cerro La TortugaSSW 198°497 m19.0 mi
Cerro La TortugaSSW 213°497 m19.5 mi
Cerro La PulgaSW 215°457 m18.9 mi
Cerro El MoskitoSSW 195°344 m18.4 mi
Cerro El DiaboloSSW 194°312 m15.3 mi
Loma La VirgenW 260°288 m10.7 mi
Caño CarboneraWNW 285°261 m10.7 mi
Cerro PilánWNW 295°254 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox05:4217:2117:49
June solstice05:1417:3518:05
September equinox05:2717:0617:34
December solstice05:5416:4717:18

Local time (America/Managua).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3910214219

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