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The Costa Rican páramo includes several enclaves on the highest peaks of the Cordillera de Talamanca in eastern Costa Rica and western Panama, with a total area of 31 km 2. [2] The páramo is found above 3000–3100 meters elevation on the summits of Cerro de la Muerte , Cerro Chirripó , and Cerro Kamuk in Costa Rica, Cerro Echandi on the ...
Tapantí - Cerro de la Muerte Massif National Park, (Spanish: Parque Nacional Tapantí - Macizo Cerro de la Muerte), is a national park in the Central Conservation Area of Costa Rica located on the edge of the Talamanca Range, near Cartago. It protects forests to the north of Chirripó National Park, and also contains part of the Orosí River.
It traverses the Cerro de la Muerte (Death Mountain) and at 3,335 meters (10,942 feet), it is the highest point in the Pan-American Highway. [1]It then goes south and downward from Cerro de la Muerte to San Isidro de El General district, Buenos Aires town, Térraba river, Palmar Norte town, Palmar Sur town, and Paso Canoas border town, which borders with Panamá.
Cerro Chirripó is the highest mountain in Costa Rica, with an elevation of 3,821 meters (12,536 feet). It is part of the Cordillera de Talamanca , and the range's highest point. It is located in Chirripó National Park and is noted for its ecological wealth.
Cerro Kamuk (also known as Cerro Pico Blanco) is a mountain in the Cordillera de Talamanca, in La Amistad International Park, in eastern Costa Rica, close to the border with Panama. It rises to 3,549 metres (11,644 ft) above sea level. It is one of the highest mountains in Central America.
The town of Escazú with the mountains in the background The highest peak is Cerro Rabo de Mico at 2,428 m (7,966 ft), followed closely by Cerro Cedral at a height of 2,420 m (7,940 ft). The range includes such other peaks as Cerro Pico Alto at 2,353 m (7,720 ft), Cerro Pico Blanco at 2,271 m (7,451 ft) and Cerro San Miguel at 2,035 m (6,677 ft).
La Cruz Hill Protected Zone (Spanish: Zona Protectora Cerro La Cruz), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Tempisque Conservation Area, it was created in 1994 by decree 23249-MIRENEM. [1] [2]
The Cerro de la Muerte Biological Station is one of the several field stations for biological research that exist in Costa Rica.. Located at 3,200 m elevation (approximately 10,500 feet) on the southeastern slope of the Cerro Bellavista (one of the highest points in the Cordillera de Talamanca), this is the biological station located at the highest elevation in Costa Rica and perhaps [citation ...