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Record SL-775471 · Wikidata Q3646551

Pico Bonpland

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Elevation
4,873 m
15,988 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
8.5427° N, 71.0043° W
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Pico Bonpland
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Description

Wikipedia

Pico Bonpland is Venezuela's fourth-highest peak, at 4,883 metres above sea level. It is located in the Sierra Nevada de Merida, in the Venezuelan Andes of (Mérida State). The peak with its sister peak Pico Humboldt, and the surrounding páramos are protected by the Sierra Nevada National Park. The name of the peak is in honor of Aimé Bonpland, although he never visited the Venezuelan Andes. The glaciers located in the Bonpland were the result from Merida glaciation in the Pleistocene. By 2011 they had all disappeared.

First ascent

Date
1911
Alfredo Jahn
Source · wikipedia

Best months

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Pico Humboldt 4,942 m NE 48° 1.2 km
Pico Ruíz Terán 4,940 m NE 50° 1.2 km
Pico La Concha 4,922 m NW 300° 2.8 km
Pico Bolívar 4,978 m W 268° 4.8 km