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Cerro Congo

Elevation
2,008 m
#8,991
in the world
#33
in Costa Rica

Cerro Congo is a volcano in Costa Rica, rising to 2,008 m, the 33rd highest we list in Costa Rica, part of the Cordillera Central.

Range
#5 in the range
Nearest town
24 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Cerro Congo

Cerro Congo lies in Costa Rica, in Alajuela Province.

Key facts

Elevation
2,008 m (6,588 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Volcano
Region
Alajuela Province
Coordinates
10.255, -84.227

How it ranks

Among peaks in Costa Rica
#33of 38
LargestSmallest
In the Cordillera Central
#5of 5
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#8,991of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Volcán Poás2,708 m6.4 km
Volcán Barva2,906 m19 km
Cerro Cedral2,420 m45 km
Cerro Rabo de Mico2,428 m46 km
Volcán Irazú3,432 m51 km
Cerro Chato1,140 m55 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cerro Congo.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
QuesadaCosta Rica27,31024 km
AlajuelaCosta Rica47,49427 km
HerediaCosta Rica21,94731 km
San PabloCosta Rica21,66232 km
San JuanCosta Rica26,04736 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.