List of volcanoes in Costa Rica

See also: Lists of volcanoes

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica.

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	meters	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Aguas Zarcas Group
Arenal	1670	5479	10°27′47″N 84°42′11″W / 10.463°N 84.703°W / 10.463; -84.703	2010
Barva	2906	9534	10°08′06″N 84°06′00″W / 10.135°N 84.10°W / 10.135; -84.10	6050 BC
Cerro Anunciacion	-	-	-
Cerro Tilaran ^[1]	634	2080	10°27′04″N 84°58′41″W / 10.451°N 84.978°W / 10.451; -84.978
Irazú	3432	11,260	9°58′44″N 83°51′07″W / 9.979°N 83.852°W / 9.979; -83.852	1994
Laguna Poco Sol	-	-	-	-
Miravalles	2028	6653	10°47′02″N 85°09′11″W / 10.784°N 85.153°W / 10.784; -85.153	1946
Orosí	1659	5443	10°58′48″N 85°28′23″W / 10.980°N 85.473°W / 10.980; -85.473	3500 years ago
Platanar	2267	7438	10°18′00″N 84°21′58″W / 10.30°N 84.366°W / 10.30; -84.366	Holocene
Poás	2708	8884	10°12′00″N 84°13′59″W / 10.20°N 84.233°W / 10.20; -84.233	2013
Rincón de la Vieja	1916	6286	10°49′48″N 85°19′26″W / 10.830°N 85.324°W / 10.830; -85.324	2012
Tenorio	1916	6286	10°40′23″N 85°00′54″W / 10.673°N 85.015°W / 10.673; -85.015	-
Turrialba	3340	10,958	10°01′30″N 83°46′01″W / 10.025°N 83.767°W / 10.025; -83.767	September 2016

See also

References

↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=U87jyJf2DCsC&lpg=PA142&dq=%22Cerro%20Tilaran%22&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q=%22Cerro%20Tilaran%22&f=false Volcanes de costa rica: Geologia, Historia, Riqueza Natural Y Su Gente, 142. Guillermo E. Alvarado Induni. 1989

Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). 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).

Central American volcanoes

Guatemala	Acatenango Agua Almolonga Atitlán Chicabal Cuilapa-Barbarena Fuego Jumay Moyuta Pacaya Santa María/Santiaguito San Pedro Santo Tomás Siete Orejas Tacaná Tajumulco Tecuamburro Tolimán

El Salvador	Santa Ana Izalco San Salvador San Vicente Usulután San Miguel Conchagua Chingo Chinameca

Nicaragua	Cosigüina San Cristóbal Telica Cerro Negro Momotombo Apoyeque Masaya Mombacho Concepción Maderas

Costa Rica	Rincón de la Vieja Miravalles Arenal Platanar Poás Irazú Turrialba

Panama	Barú La Yeguada El Valle

Note: volcanoes are ordered from north-west to south-east.

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