GVP volcano 345030 · no holder yet
Miravalles
Miravalles is a 2,028 m stratovolcano in Costa Rica, last erupted in 1946.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,028 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1946
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 1946
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 10.75°N 85.15°W · Costa Rica
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 345030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).