Negro, Cerro

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Costa Rica, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Kde

Costa Rica, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Shield

Nadmořská výška

136 m

Poloha

10,462°, -83,855°

The low Cerro Negro lava shield occupies an isolated position in the center of the Caribbean coastal plain immediately west of the Río Chirripó 17 km ENE of the town of Puerto Viejo. Lava flows in the area near this small 136-m-high shield volcano have been dated at from about 24 million years to about 1 million years (Alvarado 2005, pers. comm.).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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