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Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela, at 4,978 metres (16,332 ft). [1] 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.
A characteristic large flat-topped mountain surrounded by cliffs 400–1,000 m (1,300–3,300 ft) high. The highest point of Mount Roraima is located on the southern edge of the cliff at an elevation of 2,810 m (9,220 ft) in Venezuela, [d] and another protrusion at an elevation of 2,772 m (9,094 ft) at the junction of the three countries in the ...
The Sierra Nevada de Mérida includes the highest peaks in Venezuela, Pico Bolívar, which has an elevation of 4,981 metres (16,342 ft), Pico Humboldt, Pico Bonpland and others. The Sierra Nevada National Park is a protected area within the range. The Cordillera de Mérida is a series of mountain ranges, or massif, in northwestern Venezuela.
Rank Country or Region Highest point Elevation 1 Argentina Aconcagua [1]: 6,962 m (22,841 ft) 4 Bolivia Nevado Sajama [2]: 6,542 m (21,463 ft) 8 Brazil Pico da Neblina [3]
With a summit elevation of 2,765 metres (9,072 ft) above sea level and a prominence of 2,455 metres (8,054 ft), it is the highest point in both of these states and the fourth highest of the Caribbean after Pico Simón Bolivar and Pico Cristóbal Colón of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta range in Colombia and Pico Duarte in the Dominican Republic.
Broken by several gaps, these high mountains have peaks over 4,500 metres (14,800 ft); the fertile valleys between the ranges contain most of Venezuela's population, industry, and agriculture. [2] The discontinuous westernmost range runs along the Colombian border and is the least densely populated part of this region. [ 2 ]
Of all countries, Lesotho has the world's highest low point at 1,400 metres (4,593 ft). Other countries with high low points include Rwanda 950 metres (3,117 ft) and Andorra 840 metres (2,756 ft). Countries with very low high points include Maldives 5 metres (16 ft), Tuvalu, 5 metres (16 ft) and the Marshall Islands 10 metres (33 ft). These ...
Pico Humboldt is Venezuela's second highest peak, at 4,925 metres above sea level. It is located in the Sierra Nevada de Merida , in the Venezuelan Andes of ( Mérida State ). The peak, its sister peak Pico Bonpland , and the surrounding páramos are protected by the Sierra Nevada National Park .