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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Tenorio
The forested Tenorio volcanic complex contains a group of volcanic cones at the SE end of the Guanacaste Range. Geothermal activity is present on the NE flank. Photo by Cindy Stine, 1989 (U.S. Geological Survey).
Volcano Number:
345031
Volcano Name:
Tenorio
Country:
Costa Rica
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano(es)
Elevation:
1916m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
436
Pop. within 10km:
11670
Pop. within 30km:
92344
Pop. within 100km:
943351
Latitude:
10.673
Longitude:
-85.015
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The 225 km2 dominantly andesitic Tenorio volcanic massif anchors the SE end of the Guanacaste Range and consists of a cluster of densely forested NNW-SSE-trending volcanic cones. Overlapping lava flows from the principal peak, Tenorio, cover the NW-to-SW flanks and descend the NE flank. The NW-most of three craters on the central cone is sparsely vegetated and appears to be the most recently active. Volcán Montezuma to the north has two craters, the northern of which was the source of a lava flow to the NE. Additional pyroclastic cones are found to the NE and SW of the central complex, and the Bijagua lava domes were constructed on the N flank. A major debris avalanche covered about 100 km2 below the S flank. A legend exists of an eruption in 1816 CE, but the volcano was densely forested at the time of an 1864 visit by Seebach and no documented eruptions are known. Fumarolic activity is present on the NE flank.
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