List of volcanoes in Costa Rica
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica.[1][2]
Name | Type | Elevation | Location | Last eruption |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aguas Zarcas volcanic field | extinct, one hill and eight hillocks | 160 metres (520 ft) to 528 metres (1,732 ft) | 10.374611°N 84.338833°W | - |
Arenal | dormant | 1,670 metres (5,480 ft) | 10.463°N 84.703°W | 2010 |
Barva | dormant | 2,906 metres (9,534 ft) | 10.135°N 84.10°W | 6050 BC |
Cacho Negro | 2,150 metres (7,050 ft) | 10.195833°N 84.046111°W | - | |
Chato | crater lake, hill | 1,140 metres (3,740 ft) | 10.441944°N 84.688056°W | 1500 BC |
Chopo | extinct | 402 metres (1,319 ft) | 10.470430°N 85.064185°W | |
Congo | dormant | 2,014 metres (6,608 ft) | 10.25°N 84.233333°W | 9000 BC |
Hule | crater lake | 740 metres (2,430 ft) | 10.295278°N 84.208889°W | |
Irazú | dormant | 3,432 metres (11,260 ft) | 9.979°N 83.852°W | 1994 |
Miravalles | dormant | 2,028 metres (6,654 ft) | 10.784°N 85.153°W | 1946 |
Orosí | dormant | 1,659 metres (5,443 ft) | 10.980°N 85.473°W | 1500 BC |
Pelado | extinct, hill | 680 metres (2,230 ft) | 10.368872°N 85.014292°W | - |
Platanar | dormant | 2,183 metres (7,162 ft) | 10.3000174°N 84.3660879°W | 117,000 BC and later (Holocene) |
Poás | active | 2,708 metres (8,885 ft) | 10.20°N 84.233°W | September 2019[3] |
Poco Sol | crater lake | 789 metres (2,589 ft) | 10.35°N 84.67°W | - |
Porvenir | dormant | 2,267 metres (7,438 ft) | 10.271724°N 84.360967°W | |
Rincón de la Vieja | active | 1,916 metres (6,286 ft) | 10.830°N 85.324°W | April 2020, hydrothermal, gas and steam. |
Río Cuarto | crater lake | 380 metres (1,250 ft) | 10.356944°N 84.216389°W | |
Tenorio | dormant | 1,916 metres (6,286 ft) | 10.673°N 85.015°W | - |
Tilarán[4] | extinct, hill | 634 metres (2,080 ft) | 10.451°N 84.978°W | 2,580,000 BC–117,000 BC (Pleistocene) |
Tortuguero | extinct, hill | 119 metres (390 ft) | 10.584327°N 83.527759°W | |
Turrialba | active | 3,340 metres (10,960 ft) | 10.025°N 83.767°W | October 28, 2019 |
El Viejo | extinct | 2,122 metres (6,962 ft) | 10.26005°N 84.32887°W |
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