Poás Volcano

Infobox Mountain
Name = Poás Volcano
Photo = Poas 010.jpg| Caption = Crater lake on Poás, September 2004
Elevation = 2,708 metres (8,884 feet)
Location = Costa Rica
Range = Cordillera Central
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|10.2|N|84.2|W|type:mountain
Topographic

Type= Stratovolcano
Age=
Last eruption= 2008
First ascent =
Easiest route = hikeThe Poás Volcano is an active stratovolcano in central Costa Rica. There are two crater lakes near its summit. Poás has erupted 39 times since 1828. The volcano is located within the Poas Volcano National Park. It is considered the largest active crater in the world, about 1 mile (1.6 km.) wide and 320 meters deep, with frequent geyser-like eruptions.

Near the volcano's active crater, there are lakes of molten sulfur, thought to be the only examples of their kind in the world.

Lake Botos fills an extinct crater and is home to many cloud forest birds like hummingbirds, tanagers, flycatchers, toucanets, clay-colored robin and the resplendent quetzal. Due to the high acidity of the lake there is little to no marine life in the lake.

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Costa Rica

References

* [http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1405-04= Global Volcanism Program: Poás]
* [http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/costa_rica/new_poas.html Volcano World: Poas, Costa Rica]

External links

* [http://www.ovsicori.una.ac.cr/vulcanologia/volcanes/poas.htm Costa Rican Vulcanologic and Seismologic Observatory: Poás]
* [http://people.colgate.edu/tvandervort/Default.asp Poás Volcano, Costa Rica] , by Tiffany VanDervort
* [http://www.wikicostarica.com:16080/index.php/Poas_Volcano_National_Park Videos and photos of Poas]
* [http://www.infocostarica.com/places/poas.html Poas Information]
* [http://www.trycostarica.com/info.php?id=864&cat=101 Poas Volcano] Details about the volcano from Try Costa Rica.