Key facts
- Elevation
- 3,475 m (11,401 ft)
- Prominence
- 1,354 m (4,442 ft)
- Parent peak
- Cerro Kamuk
- Isolation
- 73.9 km (45.9 mi)
- Listing
- Country high point Volcanoes of Panama
- Country
- Panama
- Parent range
- Talamanca Range
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Volcanic arc
- Central America Volcanic Arc
- Last eruption
- 1550 ± 10 years
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Volcán Barú (also Volcán de Chiriquí) is an active stratovolcano and the tallest mountain in Panama, at 3,475 metres (11,401 ft) high. It lies about 35 km (22 mi) off the border of Costa Rica. It is also the twelfth highest peak in Central America.
Due to its height and the narrowness of the isthmus of Panama, it is possible (though relatively rare) to see both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea from Volcán Barú's peak on a clear day.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volcan Baru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.