Aguas Zarcas volcanic field is a
field
Field may refer to:
Expanses of open ground
* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
* Lawn, an area of mowed grass
* Meadow, a grass ...
of
pyroclastic cone
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and s ...
s located in the
Aguas Zarcas
Aguas Zarcas is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.
Toponymy
The name of Aguas Zarcas, comes from the hot spring waters that could well be called "Aguas de azul suave".
History
From 1800, Germans, Ital ...
district,
San Carlos canton of the
Alajuela province
Alajuela () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north. It also borders the provinces of Heredia to the east, San José to the south, Puntarenas to the southwest and G ...
,
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
.
Physical aspects
Located in the North flank of the
Platanar Volcano
Platanar Volcano is located in the Cordillera Central (Costa Rica), Cordillera Central mountain range. Part of a complex that covers and is dominated by Porvenir Volcano at . It is located within the Juan Castro Blanco National Park.
Physical as ...
, it is composed of at least nine cones, of which one is recognized as a hill () and the remaining eight as hillocks ().
The sides of the cones are slanted between 10 and 30 degrees, the cones have an elongated shape in the East to West direction and the complex runs in the North to South direction, evidence of tectonic origin. Previous lava flow activity is appreciated in some of the cones.
Hill and hillocks of the volcanic field
See also
*
List of volcanoes in Costa Rica
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica.
See also
* List of lakes in Costa Rica
* Central America Volcanic Arc
* List of volcanoes in El Salvador
* List of volcanoes in Guatemala
* List of volcanoes in Honduras
* List o ...
References
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Mountains of Costa Rica