Chopo Volcano

{{short description|Inactive volcano of Costa Rica}}

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| elevation= {{convert|402|m|ft}}

| map = Costa Rica

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| listing = List of volcanoes in Costa Rica

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| coordinates = {{coord|10.470430|N|85.064185|W|type:mountain_region:CR_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| type=Volcano

| last_eruption=Unknown

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Chopo Volcano, today a quarry, was an inactive volcano, also known as either Anunciación, Coronación, Asunción mountain. It is located in Cañas canton of Guanacaste, 6 km north off the Cañas city.{{cite book |last1=Alvarado Induni |first1=Guillermo |title=Los volcanes de Costa Rica |publisher=Editorial de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia |isbn=978-9968-316-79-8 |pages=98-100}}{{Cite journal|last=Bergoeing|first=Jean Pierre|date=2006-01-01|title=El cuaternario en Costa Rica. Proposición cronológica|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4796367|journal=Reflexiones|language=es|volume=85|issue=1|pages=13|issn=1021-1209}}

Toponymy

It is named after the nickname of the previous owner of the land where the volcano is located.

Physical aspects

The area is of around 1 km2 and the cone was made of pyroclastic lava flows, its rocks are basaltic olivines.

== Social and economic activity ==

Today the volcano is a quarry for road raw material. Cattle farming is practiced in the surrounding areas.

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