Volcán Barú
The Volcán Barú is an active stratovolcano and the tallest mountain in Panama, at 3,475 metres high. It lies about 35 km off the border of Costa Rica. It is also the twelfth highest peak in Central America.- Volcano rising to 3,474 metres (11,398 feet)
- Description: Stratovolcano in Panama
- Also known as“Baru Volcano”“El Volcán Barú”“Volcán de Chiriquí”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cerro Punta.
Cerro Punta
Cerro Punta is a city and corregimiento in Tierras Altas District, Chiriquí Province, Panama.
Volcán Barú
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Latitude
8.80893° or 8° 48′ 32″ north
Longitude
-82.54239° or 82° 32′ 33″ west
Open location code
66WVRF55+H2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Volcán Barú” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بركان بارو”
- Armenian: “Բարու (հրաբուխ)”
- Armenian: “Բարու”
- Belarusian: “Бару”
- Belarusian: “Вулкан Бару”
- Catalan: “Barú”
- Catalan: “Chiriquí”
- Cebuano: “Volcán Barú”
- Chinese: “奇里基火山”
- Chinese: “巴鲁火山”
- Czech: “Volcán Barú”
- Dutch: “Volcán Barú”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بركان بارو”
- Finnish: “Volcán Barú”
- French: “Barú”
- Galician: “Volcán Barú”
- Georgian: “ბარუ”
- German: “Volcán Barú”
- Hausa: “Dutsen Barú”
- Hebrew: “בארו”
- Hebrew: “צ’יריקי”
- Hungarian: “Barú”
- Indonesian: “Volcán Barú”
- Italian: “Barù”
- Japanese: “バル火山”
- Kazakh: “Бару”
- Korean: “바루 화산”
- Ladin: “Volcán Barú”
- Latvian: “Baru”
- Lithuanian: “Baru”
- Macedonian: “Бару (вулкан)”
- Macedonian: “Бару”
- Moroccan Arabic: “بركان بارو”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Volcán Barú”
- Norwegian: “Volcán Barú”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Barú”
- Persian: “آتشفشان بارو”
- Polish: “Volcan de Chiriqui”
- Portuguese: “Barú”
- Russian: “Бару”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Barú”
- Slovak: “Barú”
- Slovenian: “Volcán Barú”
- Spanish: “Volcán Barú”
- Swahili: “Mlima Baru”
- Swedish: “Barú”
- Ukrainian: “Бару”
- Venetian: “Barù”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bosque de los Carrizales and Alto Pineda.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cima del Volcán Barú and Baru Volcano Crater.
Panama: Highlights
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