| Pico Bolívar | |
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  Pico Bolívar
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| Elevation | 4,981 metres (16,342 ft) |
| Location | Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela |
| Range | Sierra Nevada, Andes |
| Prominence | 3,957 m (12,982 ft) Ranked 25th |
| Coordinates | 8°32′00″N 71°02′00″W / 8.533333°N 71.033333°WCoordinates: 8°32′00″N 71°02′00″W / 8.533333°N 71.033333°W |
| First ascent | 1935 by Enrique Bourgoin, H. Márquez Molina and Domingo Peña |
| Listing | Country high point Ultra |
Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela, at 4,981 metres. Located in Mérida State, its top is permanently covered with Névé snow and three small glaciers. It can be reached only by walking, the famous highest cable car in the world only reaches 'Pico Espejo', from there you may climb to "Pico Bolivar". Pico Bolívar is named after the Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolívar.
The Pico Bolívar is located on the mountain previously called La Columna, next to El León (4,743 m) and El Toro (4,695 m). The new name was suggested by Miguel Febres Cordero in 1925. It was officially renamed on December 30th, 1934.
The glaciers located in the Pico Bolivar are as the result from Merida glaciation in the Pleistocene.
Elevation
The 4,981 metre elevation is now the official height,[1] and was confirmed by a 2006 GPS reading. An older figure, 5,007 metres, is still sometimes quoted.
References
- Pérez, O; Hoyer, M; Hernández, J; Rodrígez, C; Márques, V; Sué, N; Velandia, J; Deiros, D (2005). "Alturas del Pico Bolívar y otras cimas andinas venezolanas a partir de observaciones GPS". Interciencia. 30 (4). [1]
- Jahn A, "Observaciones glaciológicas de los Andes venezolanos". Cult. Venez. 1925, 64:265-80
Notes
- ^ See Figueredo, Ivarelys (7 November 2002) "Tendrán que corregir la altura del pico Bolívar en textos de Geografía" El Nacionalfrom Web Archive, originally from Venezuela Innovadora, in Spanish;
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