Cordillera de la Costa (Chile)
| Cordillera de la Costa | ||
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 Cordillera de la Costa |
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| Highest peak | Cerro Vicuña Mackenna ( 3114 m ) | |
| location | Chile | |
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 59 ′ S , 71 ° 1 ′ W | |
Cordillera de la Costa is the coastal mountain range in Chile .
geography
The coastal mountains begin in the far north of Chile at El Morro in Arica and end far in the south of Chile at the Taitao peninsula in the Aisén region .
The mountains are not as high as in the Andes , and the mountains are cut by many rivers in the Andes. The coastal mountains are geologically much older than the Andes.
At the Río Imperial , the Cordillera de Nabuelbuta forms a temporary end point, after which the coastal mountains continue in small sections ( Cordillera Pelada, del Sarao, del Piuché and de Pirulil ). It then goes over to the island of Chiloé and the Chonos archipelago to the Taitao peninsula .
The highest mountains of the coastal range are in the Sierra Vicuña Mackenna south of Antofagasta with the mountain Vicuña Mackenna ( 3114 m ). In central Chile are the mountains Altos de Cantillana ( 2318 m ) , El Roble ( 2222 m ), Vizcachas ( 2108 m ) and La Campana ( 1910 m ).