Porvenir Volcano
{{Short description|Volcano in Costa Rica}}
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| name=Porvenir Volcano
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| elevation= {{convert|2267|m|ft}}
| prominence = {{convert|430|m|ft}}
| map = Costa Rica
| map_caption = Costa Rica
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|10.271724|N|84.360967|W|type:mountain_region:CR_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| type=Volcano
| last_eruption=Unknown
| age=Holocene
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Porvenir Volcano is an inactive volcano, of stratovolcano type, in Costa Rica. Located in San Carlos canton of Alajuela, 3km from the related Platanar Volcano and part of the Cordillera Central mountain range. It is within the Juan Castro Blanco National Park.{{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=159}}
Physical aspects
Towering 430m over an area of 15 km2, with an eroded crater of around 160 m diameter, it is located in the same line as Poás Volcano, Barva Volcano and Irazú Volcano. The crater border is truncated in the east side by a fault, inside of which there is a small cone of around 20 to 40 meters high, to the south there is another possible cone. Lake Congo is located on its slopes to the west as well as Lake Pozo Verde.{{cite web |title=Porvenir |url=https://rsn.ucr.ac.cr/actividad-sismica/ultimos-sismos/109-vulcanologia/volcanes-de-costa-rica-ii/26-porvenir |publisher=RSN}}
== Activity ==
References
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{{Volcanoes of Costa Rica}}
{{Mountains of Costa Rica}}
{{Central American volcanoes}}
Category:Stratovolcanoes of Costa Rica