Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

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The Sierra Nevada del Cocuy (or Sierra Nevada de Chita or Sierra Nevada de Güicán) is a National Park and a set of highlands within the Cordillera Oriental mountain range in the Andes Mountains of Colombia.


[edit] Snow peaks

Pan de Azúcar (5120 m) in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
Pan de Azúcar (5120 m) in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

The Park area contains several high peaks covered with snow:[1]

Pan de Azúcar (5120m), Diamante (4800 m), el Púlpito del Diablo (5100 m), Toti (4800 m), Portales (4800 m), Cóncavo (5200 m), Concavito (5100 m), San Pablines South (5180 m) and North (5200 m), Ritacuba Blanco (5330 m), Picacho (5030 m) , Puntiagudo (5200 m), Ritacuba Negro (5300 m), el Castillo (5100 m), peak without name (5000 m), Sirara (5200 m).


[edit] References

  1. ^ "El Cocuy Boyacá"(Spanish) (Retrieved on January 6, 2008)


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