Arenal Volcano
Arenal Volcano is a recently active andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica around 90 km northwest of San José, in the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,670 metres
- Description: Active stratovolcano in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Pan de Azúcar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chato Volcano.
Chato Volcano
Volcano
Photo: Lars0001, Public domain.
Chato Volcano, sometimes called "Cerro Chato", is an inactive volcano in northwestern Costa Rica northwest of San José, in the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Fortuna.
La Fortuna
Photo: Armigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Fortuna de San Carlos is a small town in the north of Costa Rica. It is known mainly for the nearby Arenal Volcano, a destination for scientists and tourists. See volcanoes for general information.
Arenal Volcano
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.46209° or 10° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
-84.70341° or 84° 42′ 12″ westElevation
1,670 metres (5,479 feet)IATA airport code
FONOpen location code
762QF76W+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 276216895OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcanoGeoNames ID
3624862Wikidata ID
Q641588
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Satellite Map
Discover Arenal Volcano from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Arenal Volcano” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بركان أرينال”
- Armenian: “Արենալ (հրաբուխ)”
- Armenian: “Արենալ”
- Banjar: “Gunung Api Arenal”
- Basque: “Arenal sumendia”
- Belarusian: “Арэнал”
- Belarusian: “Вулкан Арэнал”
- Cebuano: “Arenal Volcano”
- Chinese: “阿雷納爾火山”
- Czech: “Arenal (sopka)”
- Czech: “Arenal”
- Danish: “Arenal”
- Danish: “Volcan Arenal”
- Danish: “Volcán Arenal”
- Dutch: “Arenal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بركان ارينال”
- Esperanto: “Arenal Vulkano”
- Esperanto: “Vulkano Arenal”
- Estonian: “Arenal”
- Finnish: “Arenal”
- French: “Arenal”
- French: “Cerro Arenal”
- French: “Cerro de los Guatusos”
- French: “Guatusos Peak”
- French: “Los ahogados”
- French: “Pelon”
- French: “Pelón”
- French: “Volcan Arenal”
- French: “Volcan de Costa Rica”
- French: “Volcán de Costa Rica”
- French: “Volcan de los Canaste”
- French: “Volcán de los Canaste”
- French: “Volcan de Rio Frio”
- French: “Volcán de Río Frío”
- German: “Arenal”
- Greek: “Αρενάλ”
- Hebrew: “ארנל”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Api Arenal”
- Irish: “Arenal (bolcán)”
- Irish: “Arenal (Bolcán)”
- Irish: “Arenal”
- Italian: “Vulcano Arenal”
- Japanese: “アレナル火山”
- Korean: “아레날 화산”
- Kotava: “Arenal (tculk)”
- Kotava: “Arenal”
- Ladin: “Arenal Volcano”
- Lithuanian: “Arenal”
- Lithuanian: “Arenalis”
- Macedonian: “Аренал (вулкан)”
- Macedonian: “Аренал”
- Manx: “Arenal (volcaan)”
- Manx: “Arenal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arenal”
- Norwegian: “Arenal”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Arenal”
- Persian: “آتشفشان آرنال”
- Persian: “اتشفشان ارنال”
- Polish: “Arenal”
- Portuguese: “Vulcão Arenal”
- Russian: “Ареналь (вулкан)”
- Russian: “Ареналь”
- Slovak: “Arenal (sopka)”
- Slovak: “Arenal”
- Slovenian: “Arenal”
- Spanish: “Arenal (volcan)”
- Spanish: “Arenal (volcán)”
- Spanish: “Volcan Arenal”
- Spanish: “Volcán Arenal”
- Swahili: “Volcán Arenal”
- Swedish: “Arenal”
- Swedish: “Arenalvulkanen”
- Venetian: “Volcan Arenal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jilguero and Bajo Tabacón.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirador Volcán and Frog Pond.
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