San Cristóbal Hill
San Cristóbal Hill is a hill in northern Santiago, Chile. It rises 880 m AMSL and about 300 m above the rest of Santiago; the peak is the third highest point in the city, after Cerro Manquehue and Cerro Renca.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 756 metres
- Description: Santiago
- Also known as: “Cerro San Cristóbal” and “San cristóbal hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manuel Foster Observatory and Plaza Mexico station.
Manuel Foster Observatory
Museum
Photo: Kari Bookadict, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Observatorio Manuel Foster, or Manuel Foster Observatory, is an astronomical observatory constructed on Cerro San Cristóbal near Santiago, Chile in 1903.
Plaza Mexico station
Aerial lift
Photo: TomasVial, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plaza Mexico station is an aerial lift.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellavista and North and Unidad Vecinal Providencia.
Bellavista and North
The northern part of Santiago starts from Bellavista and ranges out to the city borders in the north comprising the municipalities of Recoleta, Independencia, Renca, Quilicura and Huecuraba.
Unidad Vecinal Providencia
Neighborhood
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Unidad Vecinal Providencia is a neighborhood.
Barrio Patronato
Neighborhood
Photo: TomasVial, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barrio Patronato is a traditional neighborhood in Recoleta, Santiago, Chile. It is bounded by Avenida Recoleta from the west, Bellavista Street from the south, Loreto Street from the east, and Dominica street from the north.
San Cristóbal Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Recoleta, Santiago province, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.42034° or 33° 25′ 13″ southLongitude
-70.6299° or 70° 37′ 48″ westElevation
756 metres (2,480 feet)Open location code
47RFH9HC+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 285901766OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“San Cristóbal Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro San Cristóbal”
- Chinese: “圣克里斯托瓦尔山”
- Chinese: “聖克里斯托瓦爾山”
- Dutch: “Cerro San Cristóbal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سيرو سان كريستوبال”
- French: “Cerro San Cristobal”
- French: “Colline San Cristobal de Santiago du Chili”
- French: “colline San Cristóbal de Santiago”
- French: “Colline San Cristóbal”
- French: “Colline San Cristóbel de Santiago du Chili”
- German: “Cerro San Cristóbal”
- Ladin: “Cerro San Cristóbal”
- Portuguese: “Cerro San Cristóbal”
- Russian: “Сан-Кристобаль”
- Spanish: “Cerro San Cristóbal”
- Swedish: “Cerro San Cristóbal”
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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 “San Cristóbal Hill”. Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.