GVP volcano 345050 · no holder yet
Barva
Barva is a 2,906 m volcanic complex in Costa Rica, last erupted around 6050 BCE.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,906 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 6050 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 6050 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 10.13°N 84.10°W · Costa Rica
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 345050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).