Platanar Volcano
Platanar Volcano is located in the Cordillera Central mountain range. It is part of a complex that covers 900 square kilometres and is dominated by Porvenir Volcano at 2,267 m. It is located within the Juan Castro Blanco National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,267 metres
- Description: mountain in Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Cerro Platanar”, “Platanar”, and “Volcan Platanar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porvenir Volcano.
Porvenir Volcano
Volcano
Porvenir Volcano is an inactive volcano, of stratovolcano type, in Costa Rica. Located in San Carlos canton of Alajuela, 3km from the related Platanar Volcano and part of the Cordillera Central mountain range. It is within the Juan Castro Blanco National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quesada.
Quesada
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 cr.
Ciudad Quesada is a city in the North Zone of Costa Rica. It is the capital city of the canton San Carlos in the province of Alajuela. Although Ciudad Quesada is the official name, it is commonly called San Carlos.
Platanar Volcano
- Category: landform
- Location: Quesada, San Carlos, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
10.29756° or 10° 17′ 51″ northLongitude
-84.36599° or 84° 21′ 58″ westElevation
2,267 metres (7,438 feet)Open location code
762Q7JXM+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 276225138OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Platanar Volcano from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Platanar Volcano” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Platanar sumendia”
- Chinese: “普拉塔納爾火山”
- Dutch: “Platanar”
- French: “Platanar”
- Japanese: “プラタナル火山”
- Kotava: “Platanar (tculk)”
- Kotava: “Platanar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Platanar”
- Norwegian: “Platanar”
- Persian: “آتشفشان پلاتانار”
- Polish: “Platanar”
- Slovak: “Platanar”
- Spanish: “Platanar”
- Spanish: “Volcán Platanar”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Vicente and Surtubal.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Catarata San Vicente and Plaza Deportes San Vicente.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Platanar Volcano”. Photo: Green Mostaza, CC BY 4.0.