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Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ) is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Costa Rica, which translates literally as "Rich Coast", was the first country in the world to constitutionally abolish its army.
Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the Equator and 84° west of the Prime Meridian. It borders both the Caribbean Sea (to the east) and the North Pacific Ocean (to the west), with a total of 1,290 km of coastline (212 km on the Caribbean coast and 1,016 km on the Pacific).
Mountain ranges
Cordillera de Tilarán
The Tilaran Range is part of the Continental Divide east of Lake Arenal and the nearby active volcano Arenal, and running into the Cordillera Central range further east. It is located in the Abangares district of the province of Guanacaste.
At the edge of the range is the Monteverde cloud forest preserve, a major ecotourism destination.
Cordillera Central
The Central Range continues the Continental Divide east of Cordillera de Tilarán. It has four large volcanoes: Poás, Barva, Irazú and Turrialba. The highest peak is Irazú at 3,432 m.
Cordillera de Guanacaste
The Guanacaste Range is in northern Costa Rica near the border with Nicaragua. The range as forms part of the southern region of the Continental Divide, with the highest peak is the extinct stratovolcano Miravalles at 2,028 m. Peaks include:
Miravalles Volcano (2,028 metres)
Orosí Volcano (1,659 metres)
Rincón de la Vieja Volcano (1,916 metres)
Cordillera de Talamanca
Much of the Talamanca Range is included in the La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two countries.
Cerros de Escazú
The Cerros de Escazú It borders the Central Valley to the south and is considered the northernmost portion of the Cordillera de Talamanca.
Chira Island is a 3.000 hectare Costa Rican Pacific island located at the upper end of the Gulf of Nicoya, an extensive inlet of sea water that is the result of a geological fault that has caused the land to submerge, leaving exposed only the tops of what were formerly low hills. These are the various islands that dot the gulf, the largest of which being the Island of Chira - Costa Rica's second largest island. The Gulf of Nicoya separates Guanacaste from mainland Costa Rica and is fed by the River Tempisque. Chira Island lies just off San Pablo, Guanacaste.
The Gulf of Nicoya (Spanish: Golfo de Nicoya) is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. It separates the Nicoya Peninsula from the mainland of Costa Rica, and encompasses a marine and coastal landscape of wetlands, rocky islands and cliffs.
Islands in the Gulf
Chira Island
Venado Island
Isla Caballo
Isla Bejuco
Isla San Lucas
Isla Gitana
Tortuga Island, Costa Rica
San Lucas Island (Spanish: Isla San Lucas) is an island located off the Pacific shore of Costa Rica.
Brava (Isla Brava) is an island of Costa Rica.
Calero
Island is an inland island located in the Province of Limon, in the Republic of
Costa Rica. The island is located near the border with the Republic of Nicaragua.
Cocos
Island (Spanish: Isla del Coco) is an island located off the shore of Costa Rica.
It is one of the National Parks of Costa Rica. It is located in the Pacific Ocean,
approximately 550 km from the Pacific shore of Costa Rica.
Surrounded by deep
waters with counter-currents, Cocos Island is admired by scuba divers for its
populations of Hammerhead sharks, rays, dolphins and other large marine species.
The extremely wet climate and oceanic character give Cocos an ecological character
that is not shared with either the Galapagos Archipelago or any of the other islands
(e.g., Malpelo or Coiba) in this region of the world.
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