Cordillera de Talamanca
| Cordillera de Talamanca | ||
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 Waterfall in the Cordillera de Talamanca |
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| Highest peak | Cerro Chirripó ( 3820 m ) | |
| part of | Cordilleras | |
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 30 ′ N , 83 ° 36 ′ W | |
| Type | Bruchfaltengebirge | |
| Age of the rock | Tertiary (geology) | |
The Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range) is the largest and highest mountain range in Costa Rica and extends from the province of Cartago (in the north) to the Volcán Barú to Panama (in the southeast). The highest mountain in Costa Rica, the Cerro Chirripó (3820 m) is located in the Cordillera de Talamanca. Much of the mountain range lies in the La Amistad National Park .
The name Talamanca goes back to the indigenous expression Talamalka , which means "place of blood" in the Miskito language.
The mountain was in 1983 together with the National Park La Amistad in the list of UNESCO world heritage added.
geology
In contrast to the other mountains of Costa Rica, the Cordillera de Talamanca is not of volcanic origin, but a tertiary fracture and fold mountain , created by the collision of the coconut plate and the Caribbean plate .
Highest elevations
- Cerro Chirripó: 3820 m (Costa Rica)
- Cerro Ventisqueros: 3812 m (Costa Rica)
- Cerro Terbi: 3760 m (Costa Rica)
- Cerro uranium: 3600 m (Costa Rica)
- Cerro Kamuk: 3554 m (Costa Rica)
- Cerro de la Muerte: 3491 m (Costa Rica)
- Volcán Barú: 3475 m (Panamá)
- Cerro Fábrega: 3335 m (Panamá)
- Cerro Itamut: 3293 m (Panamá)
- Cerro Durika: 3280 m (Costa Rica)
- Cerro Echandi: 3162 m (border between Costa Rica and Panamá)
Forests and population
A large part of the area is covered by rainforests .
In the east, the mountain range continues as Serranía de Tabasará (also Cordillera Central). This is where the indigenous Guaymí people live .
Individual evidence
- ^ Central America and Caribbean Ultra-Prominence Page. Peaklist.org (English).
- ^ Paula Palmer: What Happen: a Folk-History of Costa Rica's Talamanca Coast . Publications in English SA, 1993, ISBN 9977-88-020-4 , pp. 17 .
- ↑ Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park. List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites at the UN (English / French).