Irazú Volcano

The Irazú Volcano is an active volcano in , situated in the Cordillera Central close to the city of . 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.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 3,432 metres
  • Description: mountain in Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “Irazu Volcano” and “Monte Irazu”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tierra Blanca.

Village
Photo: Dsolano m, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district of the canton, in the province of . is situated 9 km southwest of Irazú Volcano.

Irazú Volcano

Latitude
9.98145° or 9° 58′ 53″ north
Longitude
-83.84766° or 83° 50′ 52″ west
Elevation
3,432 metres (11,260 feet)
Open location code
66XRX5J2+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1671398693
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3623392
Wiki­data ID
Q1672472
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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”
  • 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”

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