Costa Rica is a relatively small country, a bit smaller than West Virginia. Now imagine putting 250 volcanoes in West Virginia!

The 250th volcano in Costa Rica was just confirmed by scientists. It’s over 7500 ft high, and has a crater about 650 ft in diameter. How did something this large escape detection until now?

It’s been hidden in the virgin forest of one of Costa Rica’s national parks. In 2006, a NASA airplane took infrared photos of the mountain, which looked like there was a hole or crater at the top. Scientists decided to investigate in person, and sure enough, this March they confirmed it is indeed another volcano.

250 of them - wow! I wonder how many more are still undiscovered…

Costa Rica pages: Existence of Costa Rica’s 250th Volcano Confirmed

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We do women’s adventures to Costa Rica every year, and this year the group got quite a treat, with Arenal (the most active volcano in the country) putting on a show for them during a lunar eclipse. It may be quite some time before a spectacle like this is repeated, but it’s always a fascinating country, and a delight to visit.