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Mountain · Costa Rica

Cerro Nuevo

Elevation
3,575 m
#2,220
in the world
#8
in Costa Rica

Cerro Nuevo is a mountain in Costa Rica, rising to 3,575 m, the 8th highest we list in Costa Rica.

Nearest town
25 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Cerro Nuevo

Cerro Nuevo lies in Costa Rica, in San Jose.

Key facts

Elevation
3,575 m (11,729 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Region
San Jose
Coordinates
9.479, -83.495

How it ranks

Among peaks in Costa Rica
#8of 38
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#2,220of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Cerro Pirámide3,615 m0.8 km
Cerro Chirripó3,820 m0.9 km
Pico Noreste3,450 m1.3 km
Cerro Ventisqueros3,812 m1.6 km
Loma Encerrada3,587 m1.6 km
Pico Sureste3,562 m2.4 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cerro Nuevo.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
San IsidroCosta Rica34,87725 km
TurrialbaCosta Rica28,95552 km
ParaísoCosta Rica39,70257 km
CartagoCosta Rica26,59463 km
SiquirresCosta Rica18,23169 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.