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The highest point, the Cerro Catedral (513 m), is located in the southeast of the country in the Cuchilla Grande mountain range. [3] Uruguay is a water-rich land. [1] Prominent bodies of water mark its limits on the east, south, and west, and even most of the boundary with Brazil follows small rivers. [1]
Topographic map of South America. ... Country or Region Highest point Elevation 1 ... Uruguay: Cerro Catedral [13] 514 m (1,686 ft) 7
Cerro Catedral ("Cathedral Hill"), also known as Cerro Cordillera, is a peak and the highest point of Uruguay, with an altitude of 513.66 m (1,685.2 ft).It is located north of Maldonado Department, in the municipality of Aiguá, in a hill range named Sierra Carapé, which constitutes part of a larger range named Cuchilla Grande.
Physical map of Uruguay. This is a list of the extreme points of Uruguay , the points that are farther north , south , east or west than any other location, and the highest and lowest points. It is also notable that Uruguay's northernmost point is farther south than the northernmost point of any other nation.
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Uruguay – sovereign country located in southeastern South America. [1] It is home to 3.46 million people, of which 1.7 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area . Montevideo was founded by the Spanish in the early 18th century as a military stronghold.
Uruguay is the only country in South America situated entirely south of the Tropic of Capricorn, and is the southernmost sovereign state in the world when ordered by northernmost point of latitude. There are ten national parks in Uruguay : Five in the wetland areas of the east, three in the central hill country, and one in the west along the ...
The list of cities in Uruguay is a list of all populated centres of Uruguay that have received the status of "Ciudad" (City). There are several populated places that have not received this status, with a population below 10,000 but as big as that of many cities. The ranks shown are only among cities and not including their wider metropolitan areas.