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Irazu

Irazu is a 3,436 m stratovolcano in Costa Rica, last erupted in 1977.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

3,436 m above sea level

Rock

Andesite / Basaltic Andesite

Setting

Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km

Last eruption

1977

Largest known

VEI 3, severe, 1963

Eruptions

24 confirmed in the record

Where

9.98°N 83.85°W · Costa Rica

Region

Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 345060

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