Mojón XVII
Mojón XVII is a boundary marker in La Garita, La Cruz, Guanacaste. Mojón XVII is situated nearby to the town Cárdenas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Boundary marker
- Description: boundary marker and survey marker on the Nicaragua–Costa Rica border
- Also known as: “Hito 17”, “Hito XVII”, “Mojón 17”, and “Mojon XVII”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cárdenas.
Cárdenas
Town
Cárdenas is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua, located on the southwestern shore of Lake Nicaragua. In 2002, the municipality of Cárdenas had threatened the government in Managua with secession and becoming part of Costa Rica. Costa Rica claimed that it would respect Nicaraguan territory and had no intention of annexing the municipality. Cárdenas is situated 3½ km northeast of Mojón XVII.
Mojón XVII
- Categories: boundary marker and survey marker
- Location: La Garita, La Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.16811° or 11° 10′ 5″ northLongitude
-85.52328° or 85° 31′ 24″ westElevation
84 metres (276 feet)Open location code
763P5F9G+6MGeoNames ID
12255567Wikidata ID
Q137591748
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Mojón XVII” goes by many names.
- French: “Hito 17”
- French: “Hito XVII”
- French: “Mojón 17”
- French: “Mojón XVII”
- German: “Hito 17”
- German: “Hito XVII”
- German: “Mojón 17”
- German: “Mojón XVII”
- Spanish: “Hito 17”
- Spanish: “Hito XVII”
- Spanish: “Mojón 17”
- Spanish: “Mojón XVII”
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