Miravalles Volcano
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Miravalles Volcano in 1988
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| Listing | List of volcanoes in Costa Rica |
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Miravalles Volcano is located in Costa Rica
 Miravalles Volcano
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| Parent range | Cordillera de Guanacaste |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | 1.5 Myr |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | September 1946[1] |
The Miravalles Volcano is an andesitic stratovolcano in Costa Rica. The caldera was formed during several major explosive eruptions that produced voluminous dacitic-rhyolitic pyroclastic flows between about 1.5 and 0.6 million years ago. The only reported historical eruptive activity was a small steam explosion on the SW flank in 1946. High heat flow remains, and Miravalles is the site of the largest developed geothermal field in Costa Rica.[1]
The Miravalles Volcano reaches an elevation of 6,653 feet (2,023 m) and is the highest mountain in the Guanacaste Mountains. The heat from the volcano also helps power a geothermal energy plant at Las Hornillas, which is run by the Institute of Electricity.[2]
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