Cordillera Real (Bolivia)

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Cordillera Real is a mountain range in the South American Altiplano of Bolivia.

Cordillera Real is a granite range of fold mountains east of the Bolivian capital of La Paz, measuring 125 km in length and 20 km in width. There are six summits higher than 6,000 m in the cordillera which are from north to south:

• Pico del Norte (6070 m)
• Illampú (6368 m)
• Ancohuma (6427 m)
• Chachacomani (6074 m)
• Huayna Potosi (6088 m)
• Illimani (6462 m)

As a result of its proximity to the Amazon lowlands and the rise of moist air masses from there, the mountain range is glaciated at a relatively high amount.