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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.
Chirripó National Park is a national park of Costa Rica, encompassing parts of three provinces: San José, Limón and Cartago. It was established in 1975. [1] It is named for its most prominent feature, Cerro Chirripó, which at 3,820 m (12,530 ft) is the highest mountain in Costa Rica. [3]
This mountain is in Talamanca range, which extends from eastern Costa Rica into neighboring western Panama. This range was a volcanic island in the geological past, it raised result of tectonic uplift and its separation from other mountain ranges means that it has developed many endemic species of animals and plants, often with affinities to ...
This range in the south of Costa Rica stretches from southwest of San José to beyond the border with Panama and contains the highest peaks of both Costa Rica and Panama, among them Cerro Chirripó at 3,820 metres (12,530 ft), [1] and the more accessible high peak of Cerro de la Muerte. Much of the Caribbean areas of the range are still unexplored.
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The only reported historical eruptive activity was a small steam explosion on the south-western flank in 1946. High heat flow remains, and Miravalles is the site of the largest developed geothermal field in Costa Rica. [1] The Miravalles Volcano reaches an elevation of 2,023 metres (6,637 ft) and is the highest mountain in the Guanacaste Mountains.
The Cerro Pico Blanco is the second highest mountain of the Cerros de Escazú, Costa Rica, with a summit elevation of 2,428 m (7,966 ft). [1] Pico Blanco literally means 'white peak', a reference to the rocky outcropping close to its highest point, which looks light gray from the Central Valley.
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. Indigenous peoples of the area include the Bribris and ...