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Barva Volcano

2,906 m9,534 ft

Prominence: 1,408 m4,621 ft
Isolation: 28 km
Tonight: 8°CFog · Wind 10 km/h NE

Barva Volcano is a 2,906 m (9,534 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.

All facts

Elevation: 2,906 m · 9,534 ft
Nearest higher peak: Irazú Volcano (3,432 m)
Range: Cordillera Central
Region: Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Spanish name: Volcán Barva
Coordinates: 10.1307° N, 84.1057° W

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3D map

Barva Volcano 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Barva Volcano terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Barva Volcano elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Barva Volcano weather

Tonight · Fog · 8°C (46°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 10 km/h NE

Barva Volcano forecast for the summit, about 2,906 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,454 m.

Tonight8°0.1 mm10 km/h NEBase 17°
Sat7°13°6.1 mm11 km/h NEBase 16 / 22°
Sun6°13°8.7 mm13 km/h NEBase 15 / 21°
Mon7°14°11.7 mm12 km/h NEBase 15 / 22°
Tue7°15°2.5 mm4 km/h NBase 15 / 24°
Wed8°14°1.8 mm6 km/h NBase 16 / 23°
Thu7°15°0.2 mm5 km/h NEBase 16 / 24°
Fri6°15°1.0 mm5 km/h NBase 15 / 23°
Sat6°14°2.4 mm8 km/h NEBase 15 / 23°
Sun8°13°2.9 mm8 km/h NEBase 16 / 21°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 9.6 × 9.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

51.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

39.5%

Steep, 30–45°

8.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.1%

Steeper than 30°: 9.1% of the 92 km² view
Relief in view: 1,452 m low point 1,454 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 90.3%Grassland 9.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.8 km; 459 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Poor man's umbrella19
Fiery-throated Hummingbird18
Beadplant18
Beautiful large bromeliad17
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush16
Blue-sided Tree Frog14

Where it sits

Where Barva Volcano sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cerro de la MuertePeak · 3,451 m75 km SSE

Downloads

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

13 m low This 3D map reads 2,893 m at the summit; the official height is 2,906 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,906 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,893 m	-13 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,890 m	-16 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia