Pico Bolívar

Infobox Mountain
Name=Pico Bolívar
Photo=Bolívar usgs.jpg
Caption=Southwestern face of Pico Bolívar
Elevation=4,981 metres (16,342 feet)
Location=Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Range=Sierra Nevada, Andes
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Prominence=3,957 m Ranked 25th
First ascent=1935 by Enrique Bourgoin, H. Márquez Molina and Domingo Peña
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Listing = Ultra

The Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela, at 4,981 meters. Located in Mérida State, its top is permanently covered with Névé snow and three small glaciers. It can be reached by means of the Mérida Cable Car, the highest cable car in the world, which departs from the city of Mérida. 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.

Elevation

The 4,981 meter elevation is now the official height [See [http://web.archive.org/web/20060209022832/http://www.venezuelainnovadora.gov.ve/noticias_2002/noti_nov35.html Figueredo, Ivarelys (7 November 2002) "Tendrán que corregir la altura del pico Bolívar en textos de Geografía" "El Nacional"] from Web Archive, originally from "Venezuela Innovadora", in Spanish;] , and was confirmed by a 2006 GPS reading. An older figure, 5,007 meters, 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). [http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/339/33910305.pdf]
*Jahn A, "Observaciones glaciológicas de los Andes venezolanos". "Cult. Venez. 1925", 64:265-80

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