Cerro Bolívar
Cerro Bolívar is a mountain in the state of Bolívar, Venezuela, about 600 metres high. It has been described as "the richest concentration of iron ore on the face of the earth." At the time of its discovery it promised to outdo the great Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Venezuela
- Also known as: “Cerro Bolivar”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ciudad Piar.
Ciudad Piar
Town
Ciudad Piar is a town located in the state of Bolívar, Venezuela, about 77 kilometres south of Ciudad Bolívar, but a longer 120 kilometres by road. The town is in the eastern foothills of Cerro Bolivar, a mountain that is being mined for iron ore, and just inland from the huge Embalse de Guri reservoir. Ciudad Piar is situated 8 km east of Cerro Bolívar.
Cerro Bolívar
- Categories: mine, landform, and industry
- Location: Angostura Municipality, Bolívar, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
7.4564° or 7° 27′ 23″ northLongitude
-63.39635° or 63° 23′ 47″ westElevation
748 metres (2,454 feet)Open location code
67VRFJ43+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 505107324OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cerro Bolívar” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro Bolivar”
- Dutch: “Cerro Bolívar”
- French: “Cerro Bolívar”
- Japanese: “ボリバル山 (ボリバル州)”
- Japanese: “ボリバル山”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cerro Bolívar”
- Russian: “Боливар”
- Russian: “месторождение Серро-Боливар”
- Russian: “Серро-Боливар”
- Spanish: “Cerro Bolivar (yacimiento Venezuela)”
- Spanish: “Cerro Bolívar (yacimiento Venezuela)”
- Spanish: “Cerro Bolivar (yacimiento, Venezuela)”
- Spanish: “Cerro Bolívar (yacimiento, Venezuela)”
- Spanish: “Cerro Bolivar”
- Spanish: “Cerro Bolívar”
- Swedish: “Cerro Bolivar”
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