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Corcovado National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Corcovado) is a National Park on the Osa Peninsula, in Osa Canton, located on the southwestern regions of Costa Rica (9° North, 83° West), which is a part of the Osa Conservation Area. [1]
Corcovado (Portuguese pronunciation: [koʁkoˈvadu]) which means "hunchback" in Portuguese, [1] is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a 710-metre (2,330-foot) granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great ...
On the southern Osa Peninsula is the internationally renowned Corcovado National Park, which preserves a remnant of sizeable lowland tropical rainforest that is unique in the world. Manuel Antonio National Park was listed by Forbes in 2011 among the world's 12 most beautiful national parks. [2]
Corcovado Volcano (Spanish pronunciation: [koɾkoˈβaðo]) is a stratovolcano located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the mouth of the Yelcho River, in the Palena Province, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The glacially eroded volcano is flanked by Holocene cinder cones. The volcano's base has likely prehistoric lava flows that are densely vegetated.
Corcovado National Park is an 2,940-square-kilometre (726,000-acre) preserved area of Valdivian temperate rainforest, high peaks, alpine lakes, and rivers in Chile's Los Lagos Region. This coastal park borders the Gulf of Corcovado to the west and includes the iconic volcanoes Corcovado and Yanteles .
Gulf of Corcovado (Spanish: Golfo de Corcovado) is a large body of water separating the Chiloé Island from the mainland of Chile. Geologically, it is a forearc basin that has been carved out by Quaternary glaciers. Most of the islands of Chiloé Archipelago are located in the gulf. The area is next to the Chiloé National Park.
Iceland began using geothermal energy to heat greenhouses in 1924, according to the Iceland National Energy Authority. Iceland is the largest producer of bananas in Europe. Iceland is the largest ...
Corcovado: Zona Austral: 2,096 km 2 (809 sq mi) 2005 Hornopirén: Zona Austral: 482 km 2 (186 sq mi) 1988 Huerquehue: Zona Sur: 125 km 2 (48 sq mi) 1967 Isla Guamblin: Zona Austral: 106.25 km 2 (41 sq mi) 1967 Isla Magdalena: Zona Austral: 1,576 km 2 (608 sq mi) 1983 Kawésqar: Zona Sur: 23,138 km 2 (8,934 sq mi) 1969 La Campana: Zona Central ...