The Volcan de Chiriqui (also Volcán Barú) is the tallest mountain in Panama and is 3475 meters (11400 feet) high. Mount McKinley in Alaska has one of the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ...

An extinct volcano just south of the Continental Divide in the western Chiriquí province, it is surrounded by an a fertile area of cool highlands drained by the Chiriqui and Caldera rivers. The towns of Volcan and Cerro Punta can be found on its western side, while Boquete is on the eastern flank. Jump to: navigation, search A volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the Earths interior made molten or liquid by extremely high temperatures along with a reduction in pressure and/or the introduction of water or other volatiles) erupts through the surface of the... This article is about continental divides in general terms. ... Chiriquí is a province of Panama. ... The term highland is used in geography for any elevated mountainous plateau. ...