Cerro Arequita
Hill in Lavalleja Department, Uruguay
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Cerro Arequita is a hill located in Lavalleja Department, Uruguay.
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Elevation305 m (1,001 ft)
Coordinates34°17′27″S 55°16′01″W
English translation
Cerro (Hill in Spanish); Arequita (Water falling from the high rock over the caves in Guaraní)| Cerro Arequita | |
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Cerro Arequita ca. 2011. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Coordinates | 34°17′27″S 55°16′01″W |
| Naming | |
English translation | Cerro (Hill in Spanish); Arequita (Water falling from the high rock over the caves in Guaraní) |
Language of name | Spanish/Guaraní |
| Geography | |
  Cerro Arequita Location within Uruguay | |
| Location | 10 km north of Minas, Lavalleja Department, Uruguay |
| Parent range | Cuchilla Grande |
| Geology | |
| Hill | |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
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Overview
Its name is of Guarani origin, meaning "water falling from the high rock over the caves".[1]
Since 2024 it is part of the National Park of Arequita, a nature sanctuary full of native species: armadillos, skunks, foxes, Geoffroy's cats, gray brockets, capybaras, river otters, nutrias, bats, chingolos, chalk-browed mockingbirds, dusky-legged guans, turkey vultures, savannah vultures.[2]
An endemic epiphyte flowering plant species is Tillandsia arequitae.[3]
In art
- Carlos Federico Sáez painted this hill in 1899.
- The Cerro Arequita is featured on both the coat of arms and the flag of Lavalleja Department.
