Poas Volcano
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member chstress53
N 10° 11.444 W 084° 13.960
16P E 803220 N 1127797
Poás volcano is a powerful symbol of the geothermal forces that formed Costa Rica. Poas is a strato volcano that soars 2,708 meters above sea level. Besides the main crater, Botos Lake and the von Frantzius cone, there are at least half a dozen piroclastic cones in the surrounding savannah woodland of Redonda and Bajos del Tigre. These cones are made of ash, lapilli, fusiform bombs and small lava flows. When the mist and clouds part you'll see the sulfuric, bubbling, green rain fed lake at the b
Waymark Code: WMCXB
Location: Costa Rica
Date Posted: 05/17/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member South Surrey Scavengers
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Paos Volcano has an active crater almost one mile in diameter. With its fumaroles and geyser-type hot steam springs, Paos Volcano is a mammoth of a volcano.
Volcano Type: Composite Volcano or Stratovolcano

Volcano Location: Continental (subduction zone)

Year of most recent activity: 2006

Caldera Visible?: no

Cone Visible?: yes

Crater Visible?: yes

Geyser/Hot Spring Visible?: yes

Lava Dome Visible?: no

Lava Flow (Moving) Visible?: no

Lava Flow (Not Moving) Visible?: no

Vent or Fumarole Visible?: yes
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