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Volcán Rincón de la Vieja

Elevation
1,916 m
#9,431
in the world
#34
in Costa Rica

Volcán Rincón de la Vieja is a volcano in Costa Rica, rising to 1,916 m, the 34th highest we list in Costa Rica.

Nearest town
25 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Volcán Rincón de la Vieja

Volcán Rincón de la Vieja lies in Costa Rica, in Alajuela Province.

Key facts

Elevation
1,916 m (6,286 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Volcano
Region
Alajuela Province
Coordinates
10.827, -85.327

How it ranks

Among peaks in Costa Rica
#34of 38
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#9,431of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Volcán Miravalles2,028 m21 km
Volcán Orosí1,659 m24 km
Volcán Tenorio1,835 m39 km
Volcán Maderas1,394 m72 km
Arenal Volcano1,670 m79 km
Cerro Chato1,140 m82 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Volcán Rincón de la Vieja.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
LiberiaCosta Rica45,38025 km
San JoséCosta Rica31,43025 km
CañasCosta Rica20,30651 km
NicoyaCosta Rica15,31377 km
RivasNicaragua30,00088 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.