Punta El Chiquirín
Punta El Chiquirín is the easternmost point of the mainland of El Salvador. It is located at and overlooks the Gulf of Fonseca.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Beach
- Description: point in El Salvador
- Also known as: “Chiquirin Point”, “Punta Chiquirín”, and “Punta El Chiquirin”
- Historically known as: “Chicarene Point”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Conchagua.
Conchagua
Town
Photo: Joaquin1975, Public domain.
Conchagua is a district in the La Unión department of El Salvador. It contains the Conchagua volcano. The Airport of the Pacific is being built in the district. Conchagua is situated 9 km west of Punta El Chiquirín.
Punta El Chiquirín
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: La Unión, Eastern El Salvador, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude
13.29175° or 13° 17′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.77953° or 87° 46′ 46″ westOpen location code
765J76RC+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5650689495OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
3587022Wikidata ID
Q7260523
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Punta El Chiquirín” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Punta El Chiquirín”
- Italian: “punta El Chiquirín”
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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 “Punta El Chiquirín”. Photo: Daniel chavez castro, CC BY 3.0.