Key facts
- Elevation
- 4,978 m (16,332 ft)
- Prominence
- 3,957 m (12,982 ft) , Ranked 25th
- Isolation
- 261.74 km (162.64 mi)
- Listing
- Country high point , Ultra
- Location
- Mérida, Mérida , Venezuela
- Parent range
- Sierra Nevada , Andes
- First ascent
- 1935 by Enrique Bourgoin, H. Márquez Molina and Domingo Peña
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Named after
- Simón Bolívar
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Mérida
- Elevation
- 4978
- Image
- PicoBolivarMerida.JPG
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- Commons category
- Pico Bolívar
- topographic prominence
- 3957
- topographic isolation
- 261.74
- located in/on physical feature
- Sierra Nevada
- mountain range
- Cordillera de Mérida
- different from
- Pico Cristóbal Colón
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Encyclopedic overview
Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela, at 4,978 metres (16,332 ft). Located in Mérida State. It can be reached only by walking; the Mérida cable car, which was the highest and longest cable car in the world when it was built, only reaches Pico Espejo. From there it is possible to climb to Pico Bolívar. The peak is named after the Venezuelan independence hero Simón 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 Tulio Febres Cordero in 1925. It was officially renamed on December 30, 1934.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pico Bolívar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.