Chirripó Grande, Costa Rica

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	9° 29' 3'' N; 83° 29' 19'' W 9.484083, -83.48866 (Dec Deg) 226753E 1049350N Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	Costa Rica (Highest Point)
State/Province	Limón (Highest Point) Cartago (Highest Point) San José (Highest Point)
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Cerro Chirripo looms through the morning mist. Photo courtesy of Ken Jones. Click here for original larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 3726 m/12,225 ft Optimistic Prominence: 3726 m/12,225 ft Key Col: Culebra Cut 93 m/305 ft     Key Col Lat/Long: 9° 1' 48'' N; 79° 37' 59'' W     Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Isolation	864.11 km/536.93 mi Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Alto Musinga  (ESE) Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Central America Ranges Range3: Costa Rica-Panama Ranges (Highest Point)
Ridges/Divides	Continental Divide of N.A.
Drainage Basins	Minor Streams of Central America/Yucatan Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Parque nacional Chirripó
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Other Photos

The sun sets over the Pacific from near the hut on Cerro Chirripo. Photo courtesy of Ken Jones. Click here for original larger-size photo.

Wildflowers on Cerro Chirripo. Photo courtesy of Ken Jones. Click here for original larger-size photo.

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