Pico Bolívar

This article covers the highest mountain in Venezuela. The highest mountain in Colombia is treated under Pico Simón Bolívar .

Pico Bolívar
Pico Bolívar
height	4978  m
location	Mérida , Venezuela
Mountains	Cordillera of Mérida , Andes
Dominance	265 km →  Ritacuba Blanco
Notch height	3957 m
Coordinates	8 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 71 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 8 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 71 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  W
First ascent	1935 by Enrique Bourgoin, H. Márquez Molina and Domingo Peña or 1936 by German mountaineers
particularities	highest mountain in Venezuela

At 4,978 meters, Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela . It is named after the national hero of Venezuela, Simón Bolívar . The mountain is located in the northeastern foothills of the Andes range not far from the city of Mérida , the capital of the state of the same name in the Parque nacional Sierra Nevada National Park .

With the cable car ( Teleférico ) starting in Mérida you could go up to the Pico Espejo at an altitude of 4,765 meters and from there you had a direct view of the Pico Bolívar. The cable car, which consisted of four sections and was put into full-length operation in 1960, was the longest and highest cable car in the world until it was closed in 2008. In 2016, a new system was put into operation on the same route.

The first ascent was made either in 1935 by Enrique Bourgoin, H. Márquez Molina and Domingo Peña or a year later, on February 3, 1936, by German mountaineers. The ascent in 1935 is controversial.

height

The measurements by Diego M. Deiros, Carlos A. Rodriguez and José N. Hernandez in 2002 showed the height of the Pico Bolivar as 4978.4 m with an accuracy of ± 0.4 msnm. A geodetic network was set up to carry out the measurements, consisting of the peaks of Pico Bolivar, El Toro, Piedras Blancas, Mucuñuque and Observatorio, the latter belonging to the “Red Geocentrica Venezolana REGVEN”. At the same time, five double frequency GPS receivers were used. In addition, the measurements were carried out continuously over a longer period of time in order to achieve a larger data volume and thus greater reliability and reliability of the information obtained.

See also

• List of mountains or elevations in South America

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Geographical Newsletter, 2003. (Spanish)
2. ↑ www.8000ers.com Almanac of February 3, 2009
3. ↑ Pérez O, Hoyer M, Hernández J, Rodríguez 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). (Spanish) ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

• Determinan altura exacta del pico Bolívar . Boletín geográfico IGVSB-BG N ° 14. Instituto Geográfico de Venezuela Simón Bolívar . 2003. Caracas, Venezuela. (Spanish)
• Ivarelys Figured. "Tendrán la altura del pico Bolívar en textos de Geografía" ( Memento of February 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) El Nacional newspaper , Caracas, November 07, 2002. (Spanish)
• Jenny Lozano. "Medición del Bolívar demostró avance en la técnica geodésica" newspaper El Universal , Caracas, November 08, 2002. (Spanish)
• Ernesto Linzalata. "Magia a cinco mil metros" El Universal newspaper , Caracas, April 26, 2010. (Spanish)

Web links

Commons : Pico Bolívar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Report on new GPS investigations on the exact altitude ( Memento from February 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
• Pico Bolívar on www.andeshandbook.cl (Spanish)