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Costa Rica-Panama Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Cerro Chirripó (3819 m/12,530 ft)
Countries	Panama (55%), Costa Rica (42%), Colombia (2%), Nicaragua (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Panamá (9%), Puntarenas (9%), Veraguas (9%), Guanacaste (8%), Alajuela (8%), Limón (8%), Bocas del Toro (7%), Darién (7%), Chiriquí (7%), Colón (4%), San José (4%), Coclé (4%), Los Santos (3%), Cartago (2%), Guna Yala (2%), Heredia (2%), Chocó (2%), Herrera (2%), Río San Juan (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	123,606 sq km / 47,725 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	972 km / 604 mi North-South 2,243 km / 1,394 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	9° 15' N; 79° 5' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Costa Rica-Panama Ranges
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Costa Rica-Panama Ranges.

Central America Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Yucatan	Level 3 (Sibling)
Chiapas Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Guatemala Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Central Central America	Level 3 (Sibling)
Costa Rica-Panama Ranges	Level 3

Major Peaks of the Costa Rica-Panama Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Cerro Chirripó	3819	12,530
2.	Cerro Ventisqueros	3812+	12,507+
3.	Cerro Piramide	3807	12,490
4.	Cerro Terbi	3765	12,352
5.	Cerro Sureste	3760+	12,336+
6.	Pico Noroeste	3739	12,267
7.	Cerro Kámuk	3549	11,644
8.	Cerro Buenavista	3491	11,453
9.	Volcán Barú	3474	11,398
10.	Cerro Frío	3471	11,388
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Costa Rica-Panama Ranges

Cerro Chirripó Cerro Chirripo looms through the morning mist. Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cerro Ventisqueros Cerro Ventisqueros (2004-02). Photo by Scott Patterson. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cerro Buenavista Was it worth it? Tal vez. Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.	Volcán Barú On the summit (11,398 feet) of the volcano-country highpoint standing next to the white cross (2011-03-28). Photo by Daniel Musser. Click here for larger-size photo.
Volcán Irazú A look into the impressive crater of Volcán Irazú (2019-01-14). Photo by Arjan van Denzen. Click here for larger-size photo.	Volcán Poás Volcan Poas crater, March 2013 (2013-03-23). Photo by Timothy Hutchings. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cerro Chato Cerro Chato from the beginning of the trail on the east side, near Catarata Rio Fortuna (2008-01-25). Photo by Matt Faust. Click here for larger-size photo.

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