Volcanoes of Costa Rica
Arenal
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Barva
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Cerro Chopo
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Cerro las Mercedes
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Cerro San Miguel
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Cerro Tilaran
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Durika
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Irazu
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Isla del Coco
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Laguna Poco Sol
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Lomas de Colorado
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Lomas de Sierpe
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Los Perdidos
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Miravalles
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Orosí
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Platanar
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Poas
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Rincón de la Vieja
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Tenorio
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Tortuguero
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Turrialba
Costa Rica es un país pequeño pero una gran cantidad de volcanes activos se ha alineado como perlas en una cadena, causado por la subducción NE de la placa tectónica del Pacífico bajo la placa del Caribe. Entre los volcanes más activos del país son volcanes Arenal, Poás e Irazú.
| Arenal (Stratovolcano) |
 Arenal, a major tourist attraction in Costa Rica, is one of the most active volcanoes of Central America. Since a major eruption in 1968, it has been in near-continuous activity building a lava dome and displaying mild explosive activity from the summit crater. [màs] |
| Barva (Complex volcano) |
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| Cerro Chopo (Pyroclastic cone) |
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| Cerro las Mercedes (Pyroclastic cone) |
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| Cerro San Miguel (Lava dome) |
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| Cerro Tilaran (Shield) |
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| Durika (Lava dome(s)) |
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| Irazu (Stratovolcano) |
Irazú (3432 m) immediately east of the capital San José is Costa Rica's highest and one of its most active volcanoes. Tephra fall (ash) during the last major eruption of Irazú in 1963-65 caused heavy damage to infrastructure and life in San José and its surroundings. [màs] |
| Isla del Coco (Shield) |
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| Laguna Poco Sol (Explosion crater(?)) |
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| Lomas de Colorado (Shield(s)) |
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| Lomas de Sierpe (Shield(s)) |
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| Los Perdidos (Caldera) |
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| Miravalles (Stratovolcano) |
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| Orosí (Stratovolcanoes) |
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| Platanar (Stratovolcanoes) |
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| Poas (Stratovolcano) |
Poás is one of Costa Rica´s most active volcanoes, and one of its most frequently visited and prominent ones. It contains a green acid crater lake and during some of its frequent phreatic eruptions, water from the lake is ejected like a geyser. [màs] |
| Rincón de la Vieja (Complex volcano) |
Rincón de la Vieja is the largest volcano in NW Costa Rica and one of its most active ones. [màs] |
| Tenorio (Stratovolcanoes) |
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| Tortuguero (Pyroclastic cone) |
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| Turrialba (Stratovolcano) |
 Turrialba (3340 m) is the easternmost of Costa Rica's active volcanoes. It is a large stratovolcano with a complex of 3 summit craters and its flanks mostly covered by farmland and forest. vegetation. After its previous eruption in 1866, signs of unrest started in 2006 and new ph... [màs] |
