Poás Volcano National Park
Poás Volcano National Park, in Central Valley of Costa Rica, is one of the country's most spectacular volcanoes and boasts extraordinary scenic beauty.Photo: Peter Andersen, CC BY 2.5.
Photo: Scott Robinson, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: national park in Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Poas Volcano National Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poás Volcano.
Poás Volcano
Volcano
Photo: Peter Andersen, CC BY 2.5.
The Poás Volcano, is an active 2,697-metre stratovolcano in central Costa Rica and is located within Poas Volcano National Park. It has erupted 40 times since 1828, with a strong eruption on April 2017—causing the evacuation of visitors and residents.
Poás Volcano National Park
- Category: national park
- Location: Poás, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Poás Volcano National Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Poás Volcano National Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Parque Nacional Volcán Poás”
- Cebuano: “Poas National Park”
- Chinese: “波阿斯火山國家公園”
- French: “parc national Volcán Poás”
- French: “Parc national Volcán Poás”
- Georgian: “ვულკან პოასის ეროვნული პარკი”
- Georgian: “პოასის ვულკანის ეროვნული პარკი”
- German: “Nationalpark Volcán Poás”
- German: “Nationalpark Vulkan Poás”
- Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי הר הגעש פואס”
- Italian: “parco nazionale del Vulcano Poás”
- Italian: “parco nazionale Volcán Poás”
- Japanese: “ポアス火山国立公園”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Volcán Poás”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Wulkanu Poas”
- Russian: “Вулкан Поас”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Вулкан Поас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nacionalni park Poás”
- Slovenian: “Narodni park vulkana Poás”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional Volcán Poás”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional Volcán Poás”
- Swedish: “Volcán Poás nationalpark”
- Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Núi lửa Poás”
- “הפארק הלאומי הר הגעש פואס”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parque Nacional Volcán Poás and Cordillera Volcánica Central.
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