Cerrejón
Cerrejón is a large open-pit coal mine in Northern Colombia owned by Glencore. At Cerrejón, low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal from the Cerrejón Formation is excavated.
- Quarry
- Description: Large open-pit coal mine in Colombia
- Also known as“Complejo Carbonífero El Cerrejón”“El Cerrejón”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hatonuevo.
Cerrejón
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Latitude
11.04887° or 11° 2′ 56″ north
Longitude
-72.68809° or 72° 41′ 17″ west
Open location code
773928X6+GQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = quarry
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cerrejón” goes by many names.
سيريخونArabic
Cerro CerrejónCebuano
塞雷洪煤矿Chinese
塞雷洪煤礦Chinese
CerrejónDutch
CerrejónIndonesian
CerrejónNorwegian Nynorsk
CerrejónSlovenian
El CerrejónSlovenian
Cerro CerrejónSwedish
Cerrejón mineUkrainian
mina de CerrejónUkrainian
СеррехонUkrainian
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