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Poás Volcano

2,708 m8,885 ft

Prominence: 815 m2,673 ft
Isolation: 13 km
Region: Costa Rica
Tonight: 9°CLight rain · Wind 8 km/h N

Poás Volcano is a 2,708 m (8,885 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Central, Costa Rica.

All facts

Elevation: 2,708 m · 8,885 ft
Nearest higher peak: Barva Volcano (2,906 m)
Range: Cordillera Central
Spanish name: Volcán Poás
Coordinates: 10.1865° N, 84.2232° W

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3D map

Poás Volcano 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Poás Volcano topographic map

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

Poás Volcano elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGPoás Volcano satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-03-30.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Poás Volcano weather

Tonight · Light rain · 9°C (48°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 8 km/h N

Poás Volcano forecast for the summit, about 2,708 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,429 m.

Tonight9°0.5 mm8 km/h NBase 17°
Sat9°14°12.7 mm12 km/h NEBase 17 / 22°
Sun8°13°10.8 mm10 km/h NEBase 15 / 21°
Mon8°13°12.7 mm8 km/h NEBase 16 / 20°
Tue8°15°2.6 mm2 km/h NBase 16 / 23°
Wed8°14°4.4 mm5 km/h NEBase 16 / 22°
Thu8°16°0.5 mm8 km/h NEBase 16 / 24°
Fri8°15°2.8 mm7 km/h NEBase 15 / 23°
Sat8°15°5.9 mm6 km/h NEBase 16 / 22°
Sun9°13°7.9 mm6 km/h NEBase 17 / 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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

38.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.8%

Steep, 30–45°

16.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.9%

Steeper than 30°: 17.0% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 1,284 m low point 1,429 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 84.8%Grassland 9.4%Bare rock / sparse 4.6%Built-up 0.7%

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 3.6 km; 386 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Poor man's umbrella334
Volcano monochaetum224
Centropogon gutierrezii149
Beautiful large bromeliad110
Fiery-throated Hummingbird96
Myrrhidendron donnellsmithii77

Where it sits

Where Poás Volcano sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Arenal VolcanoPeak · 1,670 m61 km WNW

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,704 m at the summit; the official height is 2,708 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,708 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,704 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,699 m	-9 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-03-30)
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