Elevation 4,883 m | ||
Easiest route By the excursionist route Pico Espejo-Mucuy. Similar Pico Humboldt, Pico La Concha, Pico El León, Pico Bolívar, Pico El Toro | ||
Pico Bonpland is Venezuela's third 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 to Aimé Bonpland, although he never visited the Venezuelan Andes.
Map of Pico Bonpland, M%C3%A9rida, Venezuela
The glaciers located in the Bonpland were the result from Merida glaciation in the Pleistocene. By 2011 they had all disappeared.
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