Irazú Volcano
Also known as Irazu Volcano
mountain in Costa Rica
Key facts
- Elevation
- 3,432 m (11,260 ft)
- Parent range
- Cordillera Central
- Mountain type
- Complex Stratovolcano
- Volcanic arc
- Central America Volcanic Arc
- Last eruption
- December 1994
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Irazu Volcano.JPG
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The Irazú Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Irazú) is an active volcano in Costa Rica, situated in the Cordillera Central near the city of Cartago.
The name might have come from either the combination of "ara" (point) and "tzu" (thunder) or a corruption of Iztarú, which was the name of an indigenous village on the flanks of the volcano. In Costa Rica it is known by the name of "El Coloso" (the Colossus) due to the catastrophes that it has unleashed in the past.