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Chiribiquete National Natural Park was established on 21 September 1989. The park was expanded from the previous 13,000 km 2 (5,000 sq mi) to 28,000 km 2 (11,000 sq mi) on 21 August 2013.
The Metropolitan Regional Natural Park Cerro El Volador is the largest natural park located within the metropolitan area of Medellín, Colombia. The park comprises 106 hectares and also is one of the seven so-called "guardian hills" in the city. The park was recently renovated in 2014.
The deposits at Kiruna and El Laco have been classified as "Iron oxide-apatite" ore deposits, [37] [48] and El Laco is the best preserved and youngest such deposit on Earth. [ 8 ] [ 25 ] Other deposits of volcanic iron ore are Nenana in Alaska, [ 49 ] the Chilean Iron Belt , the Tertiary Cerro el Mercado deposit in Mexico , the Eocambrian Bafq ...
The observatory is located on the El Peñón peak of Cerro Pachón, a 2,682-meter-high (8,799 ft) mountain in Coquimbo Region, in northern Chile, alongside the existing Gemini South and Southern Astrophysical Research Telescopes. [13]
Cerro El Plata is the highest peak of the Cordón del Plata which is a subrange of the Andes. [1] The mountain is located 65 kilometres (40 miles) southeast of Aconcagua and 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of the provincial capital, the city of Mendoza. Precipitation runoff from the mountains drains into the Mendoza River watershed.
Cerro El Pital is a mountain in Central America, on the border of El Salvador and Honduras.It is located 12 km (7 mi) from the town of La Palma at a height of 2,730 m (8,957 ft) above sea level, and is the highest point in Salvadoran territory and the third from Honduras.
El Cerro Mission is a census-designated place (CDP) in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 4,657 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. The U.S. Census Bureau previously considered El Cerro Mission and the neighboring community of Monterey Park to be a single CDP, El Cerro ...
Cerro Colorado is named for the characteristic reddish color of its land, which is clearly visible during the dry season. It is made up of two "hills", the one flanking the south being one of the highest elevations in Tijuana and has been considered a reference icon throughout the city's history.