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Main Crater of Irazú Volcano

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Main Crater of Irazú Volcano

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Main Crater of Irazú Volcano

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Parque nacional Volcán Irazú

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Location: Santa Rosa, Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica

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1. Main Crater of Irazú Volcano – View of Irazú Volcano Crater loop from Irazú Volcano National Park

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2. Main Crater of Irazú Volcano – View of Irazú Volcano Crater loop from Fanguillo

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3. View of Irazú Volcano Crater – Main Crater of Irazú Volcano loop from Patio de Agua

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April 22, 2019

The Irazú, in the indigenous language Iaratzu ("rumbling mountain"), is the highest volcano in Costa Rica with 3432 m. The stratovolcano is one of the most dangerous and unpredictable volcanoes in the country.
It erupted for the last time in 1994 with a level 2 on the volcanic explosion index (VEI). There was an eruption of magnitude 3 in 1963. During this eruption phase, which lasted until 1965, steam clouds laden with lava dust and stones shot up to 500 meters high into the sky.
If there were another eruption, its ash clouds could reach the densely populated capital of this Central American country, San José.
The volcano is one of those that have a rain-fed acid lake in their crater lake. It is green in color. The dangers posed by this volcano primarily concern a landslide on the thin crater wall. Then several million tons of rock would slide off and the acid lake would flow out.
A special feature of this volcano is that on a clear day you can see two seas, the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, from its top.

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Thomas

December 29, 2017

From 8 o'clock the park opens and whoever comes early does not have to wait for a free parking lot, especially as the weather there is usually stable in the morning hours. Can I fully confirm. Was 8:30 with 10 cars in the parking lot with sunshine and 11 degrees. From 10:30 it was good 300m snake, 15 degrees but the sky was closing. You can see both the crater lake with bright blue water and the lava fields. The air is tiring for flatlands like us at 3400meters.

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Hans Detlef Brix

February 16, 2018

We were a little later and had to wait over an hour. Until twelve o'clock the view was still very good, then it moved with us too, so that we could not climb on the mountain top. But because of the really noticeable thin air was also okay. So get up early and enjoy.

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Elevation 3,320 m

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Location: Santa Rosa, Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica

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Main Crater of Irazú Volcano

1. Main Crater of Irazú Volcano – View of Irazú Volcano Crater loop from Irazú Volcano National Park

2. Main Crater of Irazú Volcano – View of Irazú Volcano Crater loop from Fanguillo

3. View of Irazú Volcano Crater – Main Crater of Irazú Volcano loop from Patio de Agua

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