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oceans. Above the ridge rise at intervals a number of lofty summits, such as 

 the Cerro Chiripo, in the Cabecar district, Mount Ujum (9,700 feet), Nemur, 

 Kamuk, or Pico Blanco (9,600), and lastly, E-ovalo (7,000), close to the Colombian 

 frontier. 



A striking resemblance in their general outline is presented by the two penin- 

 sular masses of Nicoya and the Golfo Dulce on the Pacific seaboard. Both consist 



Fig-. 132 — Grtixr of Nicota. 

 Scale 1 : 750,000. 





85°iO' 



West or breenwich 



84°40' 



0to5 

 Fathoms. 



Depths. 



5 to 2.5 



Fathoms. 



25 to 50 

 Fathoms. 



5f Fathoms 

 aud upwards. 



12 Miles. 



of a mountain range disposed parallel with the mainland, with which they are 

 connected by narrow strips of lowlunds. The Punta Burica, at the Colombian 

 frontier, belongs to the same line of promontories, which is continued south of the 

 province of Panama by the island of Coiba, the large peninsula of Azuero and 

 the Pearl Islands. 



These chains and detached insular or peninsular masses describe collectively a 

 regular curve of about 550 miles, which is perfectly concentric with the curve 



