GVP volcano 345020 · no holder yet
Rincon de la Vieja
Rincon de la Vieja is a 1,729 m volcanic complex in Costa Rica, erupting as recently as 2024.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,729 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2024
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1820 BCE
- Eruptions
- 30 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 10.83°N 85.34°W · Costa Rica
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 345020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).