Christoffelberg
The Christoffelberg, also known as Mt Christoffel or Mt St Christoffel, named after Saint Christopher, is the highest point on Curaçao. The Christoffelberg is 372 metres high and lies in the reserved wildlife park, Curaçao Christoffelpark, which can be explored by car, bike, horse, or on foot using several trails that have been laid out for this purpose.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 372 metres
- Description: mountain in Curaçao
- Also known as: “Mount Christoffel”, “Mount Saint Christoffel”, and “Sint Christoffel”
- Historically known as: “Mount St. Christoffel”
- Address: Westpunt
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christoffelpark and Savonet Museum.
Christoffelpark
Nature reserve
Photo: Lswarte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Christoffelpark is a national park, protected nature area and tourist attraction at the north-western end of the island of Curaçao surrounding Christoffelberg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lagún and Soto.
Lagún
Hamlet
Lagún is a village in the Bandabou district of Curaçao. It is located in the north-western part of the country, 30 km northwest of the capital Willemstad.
Soto
Village
Photo: Hans van Bockel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soto is a small town in northern Curaçao. It is located close to Santa Marta Bay, a deep indentation in the island's northwest coast. The small town of Santa Cruz lies just to the northwest, and the town of Barber, Curaçao lies to the northeast, across the hilly ridge which stretches for much of the island's length.
Watamula
Locality
Watamula is located at the westernmost point, Westpunt of the Caribbean island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles The name Watamula comes from the Dutch word Watermolen which means “water mill.” The name refers to the two currents which meet 40 ft under Cliff Villa Peninsula.
Christoffelberg
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Curaçao, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
12.33661° or 12° 20′ 12″ northLongitude
-69.12314° or 69° 7′ 23″ westElevation
372 metres (1,220 feet)Open location code
774G8VPG+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 294209755OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Christoffelberg” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sint Christoffelberg”
- Chinese: “克里斯托费尔山”
- Czech: “Christoffelberg”
- Dutch: “Sint-Christoffelberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كريستوفيلبيرج”
- French: “Christoffelberg”
- German: “Sint-Christoffelberg”
- Hebrew: “כריסטופלברג”
- Japanese: “クリストフィールバーグ山”
- Ladin: “Christoffelberg”
- Macedonian: “Христофелберг”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Christoffelberg”
- Norwegian: “Christoffelberg”
- Papiamento: “Seru Kristòfel”
- Polish: “Christoffelberg”
- Russian: “Синт-Христоффелберг”
- Spanish: “Christoffelberg”
- Swedish: “Sint Christoffelberg”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Christoffelberg”. Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.