List of volcanoes in Costa Rica
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica.
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Aguas Zarcas Group[1] | 10°18′00″N 84°21′58″W / 10.3°N 84.366°W | unknown | ||
| Arenal | 1670 | 5479 | 10°27′47″N 84°42′11″W / 10.463°N 84.703°W | 2010 |
| Barva | 2906 | 9534 | 10°08′06″N 84°06′00″W / 10.135°N 84.10°W | 6050 BC |
| Cerro Anunciacion[2] | - | - | - | |
| Cerro Tilarán [3] | 634 | 2080 | 10°27′04″N 84°58′41″W / 10.451°N 84.978°W | Pleistocene |
| Irazú | 3432 | 11,260 | 9°58′44″N 83°51′07″W / 9.979°N 83.852°W | 1994 |
| Laguna Poco Sol | 789 | 2589 | 10°21′N 84°40′W / 10.35°N 84.67°W | - |
| Miravalles | 2028 | 6653 | 10°47′02″N 85°09′11″W / 10.784°N 85.153°W | 1946 |
| Orosí | 1659 | 5443 | 10°58′48″N 85°28′23″W / 10.980°N 85.473°W | 3500 years ago |
| Platanar | 2267 | 7438 | 10°18′00″N 84°21′58″W / 10.30°N 84.366°W | Holocene |
| Poás | 2708 | 8884 | 10°12′00″N 84°13′59″W / 10.20°N 84.233°W | April 2017[4] |
| Rincón de la Vieja | 1916 | 6286 | 10°49′48″N 85°19′26″W / 10.830°N 85.324°W | May 23, 2017 |
| Tenorio | 1916 | 6286 | 10°40′23″N 85°00′54″W / 10.673°N 85.015°W | - |
| Turrialba | 3340 | 10,958 | 10°01′30″N 83°46′01″W / 10.025°N 83.767°W | September 2016 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Global Volcanism Program | Platanar". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ↑ Bergoeing, Jean Pierre (2006-01-01). "El cuaternario en Costa Rica. Proposición cronológica". Reflexiones (in Spanish). 85 (1): 13. ISSN 1021-1209.
- ↑ Guillermo E. Alvarado Induni (2011). Los volcanes de Costa Rica: geología, historia, riqueza natural y su gente. EUNED. p. 142. ISBN 978-9968-31-679-8.
- ↑ Kattia Bermúdez; Rebeca Madrigal; Alexandra Araya M. (14 April 2017). "Volcán Poás registra erupción de más de 3 kilómetros de altura". La Nación. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
- Vulcanología. Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI).
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