Irazu Volcano National Park, established on August 9, 1955 in Cartago Province, Costa Rica, covers about 20 square kilometers in the Central Conservation Area and encompasses both the active Irazu Volcano and the Prusia Forest Reserve. An IUCN category II park roughly 24 kilometers from the city of Cartago and 38 kilometers from the capital San Jose, it draws many visitors to its crater lake, whose color shifts over time, even though the volcano remains active and last erupted significantly between 1963 and 1965 and again in 1977.
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1. Irazú Volcano National Park (Wikipedia)
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Irazú Volcano National Park, or in Spanish the Parque Nacional Volcán Irazú, is a national park in the Central Conservation Area in Cartago Province, Costa Rica, that encompasses Irazú Volcano as well as the Prusia Forest Reserve, formerly the Ruben Torres Rojas Forest Reserve.
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National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
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