Porvenir Volcano

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Porvenir Volcano
Porvenir Volcano Costa Rica
Highest point
Elevation	2,267 metres (7,438 ft)
Prominence	430 metres (1,410 ft)
Coordinates	10°16′18″N 84°21′39″W / 10.271724°N 84.360967°W / 10.271724; -84.360967
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene
Mountain type	Volcano
Last eruption	Unknown

Porvenir Volcano is an

Towering 430m over an area of 15 km2, with an eroded crater of around 160 m diameter,[1] 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.^[2]

Activity

There are no reports of primary or secondary activity. ^[1]

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