Cordillera Central

The Cordillera Central is a volcanic mountain range in central which continues from the Continental Divide to east of Cordillera de Tilarán.
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,228 metres
  • Description: mountain range in Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Cordillera Central of Costa Rica” and “Costa Rica Central Cordillera

Places of Interest

Highlights include Turrialba Volcano.

Volcano
is an active volcano in central that has been explosively eruptive in recent years including 2016 and in January, March and April 2017.

Cordillera Central

Latitude
10.01741° or 10° 1′ 3″ north
Longitude
-83.76381° or 83° 45′ 50″ west
Elevation
3,228 metres (10,591 feet)
Open location code
762R268P+XF
Geo­Names ID
3624304
Wiki­data ID
Q428530
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Cordillera Central” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Erdialdeko sumendi-katea (Costa Rica)
  • Basque: Erdialdeko sumendi-katea
  • Catalan: Serralada Volcànica Central
  • Cebuano: Cordillera Central
  • Chinese: 哥斯達黎加中部山脈
  • Dutch: Cordillera Central
  • French: cordillère Centrale
  • French: Cordillère Centrale
  • French: cordillère volcanique centrale
  • German: Cordillera Central
  • Hungarian: Középső-Kordillera
  • Italian: Cordigliera Vulcanica Centrale
  • Japanese: 中央火山山脈
  • Kotava: Istefa Tculkafa Jaka
  • Ladin: Cordillera Central
  • Lithuanian: Centrinė Kordiljera
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cordillera Central
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cordillera Central
  • Occitan (post 1500): Cordilhièra Centrala
  • Polish: Kordyliera Środkowa
  • Portuguese: Cordilheira Central
  • Russian: Центральная Кордильера (Коста-Рика)
  • Russian: Центральная Кордильера
  • Slovenian: Cordillera Central, Kostarika
  • Spanish: Cordillera Volcanica Central
  • Spanish: Cordillera Volcánica Central
  • Swedish: Cordillera Central

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cerro San Carlos and Turrialba Volcano National Park.

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Cordillera Central”. Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.