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The Irazú volcano is a complex volcanic shield. It is the highest active volcano in Costa Rica, and has an area of 500 km 2 (190 sq mi). It has an irregular subconic shape, and temperatures at its summit vary between 3 and 17 °C (37 and 63 °F), with a record low of −3 °C(26.6 °F) [5] and a record high of 23.2 °C(73.4 °F). [6]
Irazú Volcano National Park, or in Spanish the Parque Nacional Volcán Irazú, is a National Park in the Central Conservation Area of Costa Rica that encompasses the area around the Irazú Volcano in Cartago Province which incorporates what used to be the Ruben Torres Rojas Forest Reserve now called the Prusia Forest Reserve. The volcano is ...
The highest peak is Irazú at 3,432 m. [1] South of the range lie elevated plains of central tectonic depression of Costa Rican Central Valley. [2] Cordillera Central's four main volcanoes are protected as national parks. Volcanic massif of the Poás Volcano is the central feature of Poás Volcano National Park, featuring permanent fumarolic ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica. [1] [2] Name Type Elevation ... Irazú: dormant: 3,432 ...
The 1963 eruption of Irazú Volcano in the Cordillera Volcánica Central was one of the most powerful eruptions in Costa Rica, especially for his destructive lahar.Signs of reactivation began to occur in 1961 in the form of microseisms; previously, several specialists warned that the Irazú Volcano could explode at any time.
Irazú Volcano From an alternative language : This is a redirect from a page name in Spanish to a page name in English . These words may directly translate or they may be related words, names or phrases.
It is the main access to Irazú Volcano National Park, it is possible from Route 219 to take Route 417 which is the main access to Turrialba Volcano National Park.. In Cartago province the route covers Cartago canton (Carmen, San Nicolás districts), Alvarado canton (Pacayas district), Oreamuno canton (San Rafael, Cot, Potrero Cerrado, Santa Rosa districts).
The Central American Volcanic Arc (often abbreviated to CAVA) is a chain of volcanoes which extends parallel to the Pacific coastline of the Central American Isthmus, from Mexico to Panama. This volcanic arc, which has a length of 1,100 kilometers (680 mi) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is formed by an active subduction zone, with the Cocos plate subducting ...