GVP volcano 345033 · no holder yet
Arenal
Arenal is a 1,670 m stratovolcano in Costa Rica, erupting as recently as 2010.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,670 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2010
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1400
- Eruptions
- 27 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 10.46°N 84.70°W · Costa Rica
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 345033
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).