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)	10.374611°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

See also

• List of lakes in Costa Rica
• Central America Volcanic Arc
• 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. 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. https://ticotimes.net/2019/09/30/poas-volcano-erupts-again-sends-ash-cloud-2-km-into-atmosphere
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