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Cerro de la Muerte

Elevation
3,451 m
#2,513
in the world
#14
in Costa Rica

Cerro de la Muerte is a mountain in Costa Rica, rising to 3,451 m, the 14th highest we list in Costa Rica, part of the Cordillera de Talamanca.

Range
#5 in the range
Nearest town
22 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Cerro de la Muerte

Cerro de la Muerte lies in Costa Rica, in San Jose.

Key facts

Elevation
3,451 m (11,322 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
San Jose
Coordinates
9.554, -83.756

How it ranks

Among peaks in Costa Rica
#14of 38
LargestSmallest
In the Cordillera de Talamanca
#5of 7
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#2,513of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Cerro Buenavista3,467 m0.1 km
Cerro Frío3,453 m0.7 km
Cerro Páramo3,365 m0.8 km
Cerro Asunción3,314 m2.3 km
Cerro Zacatales3,342 m3.5 km
Cerro Sábila3,342 m3.8 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cerro de la Muerte.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
San IsidroCosta Rica34,87722 km
ParaísoCosta Rica39,70234 km
CartagoCosta Rica26,59439 km
TurrialbaCosta Rica28,95540 km
San DiegoCosta Rica16,99147 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.