Irazú Volcano
The Irazú Volcano 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" and "tzu" or a corruption of Iztarú, which was the name of an indigenous village on the flanks of the volcano.- Volcano rising to 3,432 metres (11,260 feet)
- …is also known as “Monte Irazu”
- Description: mountain in Costa Rica
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tierra Blanca.
Tierra Blanca
Village
Tierra Blanca is a district of the Cartago canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. Tierra Blanca is situated 9 km southwest of Irazú Volcano.
Irazú Volcano
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
9.98145° or 9° 58′ 53″ north
Longitude
-83.84766° or 83° 50′ 52″ west
Open location code
66XRX5J2+HW
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Irazú Volcano” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Իրասու”
- Asturian: “Irazú Volcano”
- Basque: “Irazú sumendia”
- Belarusian: “Ірасу”
- Catalan: “Irazu”
- Catalan: “Irazú”
- Cebuano: “Volcán Irazú”
- Chinese: “伊拉苏火山”
- Croatian: “Irazu”
- Croatian: “Irazú”
- Czech: “Irazú”
- Danish: “Irazu”
- Danish: “Irazú”
- Dutch: “Irazu”
- Dutch: “Irazú”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايرازو ڤولكانو”
- Esperanto: “Irazu”
- Esperanto: “Irazú”
- Estonian: “Irazu”
- Estonian: “Irazú”
- French: “Irazu”
- French: “Irazú”
- French: “Volcán Irazú”
- Galician: “Irazú”
- German: “Irazu”
- German: “Irazú”
- Hindi: “इराजू”
- Indonesian: “Gunung berapi Irazú”
- Italian: “Irazú”
- Japanese: “イラス火山”
- Korean: “이라수 화산”
- Korean: “이라수산”
- Kotava: “Irazú (tculk)”
- Kotava: “Irazú”
- Lithuanian: “Irasu”
- Macedonian: “Иразу”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Irazú”
- Norwegian: “Irazú”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Irazu”
- Persian: “آتشفشان ایرازی”
- Polish: “Irazu”
- Polish: “Irazú”
- Portuguese: “Vulcão Irazú”
- Russian: “Ирасу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Irazú”
- Slovak: “Irazú”
- Slovenian: “Irazú”
- Spanish: “Irazu”
- Spanish: “Irazú”
- Spanish: “Volcan Irazu”
- Spanish: “Volcan Irazú”
- Spanish: “Volcán Irazu”
- Spanish: “Volcán Irazú”
- Swahili: “Volcán Irazú”
- Swedish: “Irazu”
- Swedish: “Irazú”
- Swedish: “Volcan Irazu”
- Swedish: “Volcan Irazú”
- Swedish: “Volcán Irazu”
- Swedish: “Volcán Irazú”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Pastora and Hacienda Irazú.
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