List of volcanoes in Costa Rica

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°22′29″N84°20′20″W / 10.374611°N 84.338833°W / 10.374611; -84.338833 (Aguas Zarcas volcanic field)	-
Arenal	dormant	1,670 metres (5,480 ft)	10°27′47″N84°42′11″W / 10.463°N 84.703°W / 10.463; -84.703 (Arenal Volcano)	2010
Barva	dormant	2,906 metres (9,534 ft)	10°08′06″N84°06′00″W / 10.135°N 84.10°W / 10.135; -84.10 (Barva Volcano)	6050 BC
Cacho Negro		2,150 metres (7,050 ft)	10°11′45″N84°02′46″W / 10.195833°N 84.046111°W / 10.195833; -84.046111 (Cacho Negro Volcano)	-
Chato	crater lake, hill	1,140 metres (3,740 ft)	10°26′31″N84°41′17″W / 10.441944°N 84.688056°W / 10.441944; -84.688056 (Chato Volcano)	1500 BC
Chopo	extinct	402 metres (1,319 ft)	10°28′14″N85°03′51″W / 10.470430°N 85.064185°W / 10.470430; -85.064185 (Chopo Volcano)
Congo	dormant	2,014 metres (6,608 ft)	10°15′00″N84°14′00″W / 10.25°N 84.233333°W / 10.25; -84.233333 (Congo Volcano)	9000 BC
Hule	crater lake	740 metres (2,430 ft)	10°17′43″N84°12′32″W / 10.295278°N 84.208889°W / 10.295278; -84.208889 (Lake Hule)
Irazú	dormant	3,432 metres (11,260 ft)	9°58′44″N83°51′07″W / 9.979°N 83.852°W / 9.979; -83.852 (Irazú Volcano)	1994
Miravalles	dormant	2,028 metres (6,654 ft)	10°47′02″N85°09′11″W / 10.784°N 85.153°W / 10.784; -85.153 (Miravalles Volcano)	1946
Orosí	dormant	1,659 metres (5,443 ft)	10°58′48″N85°28′23″W / 10.980°N 85.473°W / 10.980; -85.473 (Orosí Volcano)	1500 BC
Pelado	extinct, hill	680 metres (2,230 ft)	10°22′08″N85°00′51″W / 10.368872°N 85.014292°W / 10.368872; -85.014292 (Pelado Hill)	-
Platanar	dormant	2,183 metres (7,162 ft)	10°18′00″N84°21′58″W / 10.3000174°N 84.3660879°W / 10.3000174; -84.3660879 (Platanar Volcano)	117,000 BC and later (Holocene)
Poás	active	2,708 metres (8,885 ft)	10°12′00″N84°13′59″W / 10.20°N 84.233°W / 10.20; -84.233 (Poás Volcano)	September 2019 [3]
Poco Sol	crater lake	789 metres (2,589 ft)	10°21′N84°40′W / 10.35°N 84.67°W / 10.35; -84.67 (Lake Poco Sol)	-
Porvenir	dormant	2,267 metres (7,438 ft)	10°16′18″N84°21′39″W / 10.271724°N 84.360967°W / 10.271724; -84.360967 (Porvenir Volcano)
Rincón de la Vieja	active	1,916 metres (6,286 ft)	10°49′48″N85°19′26″W / 10.830°N 85.324°W / 10.830; -85.324 (Lake Río Cuarto)	April 2020, hydrothermal, gas and steam.
Río Cuarto	crater lake	380 metres (1,250 ft)	10°21′25″N84°12′59″W / 10.356944°N 84.216389°W / 10.356944; -84.216389 (Lake Río Cuarto)
Tenorio	dormant	1,916 metres (6,286 ft)	10°40′23″N85°00′54″W / 10.673°N 85.015°W / 10.673; -85.015 (Tenorio Volcano)	-
Tilarán [4]	extinct, hill	634 metres (2,080 ft)	10°27′04″N84°58′41″W / 10.451°N 84.978°W / 10.451; -84.978 (Tilarán Hill)	2,580,000 BC–117,000 BC (Pleistocene)
Tortuguero	extinct, hill	119 metres (390 ft)	10°35′04″N83°31′40″W / 10.584327°N 83.527759°W / 10.584327; -83.527759 (Tortuguero Volcano)
Turrialba	active	3,340 metres (10,960 ft)	10°01′30″N83°46′01″W / 10.025°N 83.767°W / 10.025; -83.767 (Turrialba Volcano)	October 28, 2019
El Viejo	extinct	2,122 metres (6,962 ft)	10°15′36″N84°19′44″W / 10.26005°N 84.32887°W / 10.26005; -84.32887 (El Viejo Volcano)

See also

• List of lakes of Costa Rica
• Central America Volcanic Arc
• Lists of volcanoes
  • List of volcanoes in El Salvador
  • List of volcanoes in Guatemala
  • List of volcanoes in Honduras
  • List of volcanoes in Nicaragua
  • List of volcanoes in Panama

References

1. Alvarado Induni, Guillermo (2011). Los volcanes de Costa Rica. Editorial de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 98–100. ISBN   978-9968-316-79-8.
2. Bergoeing, Jean Pierre (2006-01-01). "El cuaternario en Costa Rica. Proposición cronológica". Reflexiones (in Spanish). 85 (1): 13. ISSN   1021-1209.
3. "Poás Volcano erupts again, sends ash cloud 2 km into atmosphere". 30 September 2019.
4. 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.

External links

• 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).
• Volcanes de Costa Rica I