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Mount Cocuy

mountain, Colombia

Also known as: Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

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Colombia

In Colombia: Relief
…Oriental culminates in the towering Mount Cocuy (Sierra Nevada del Cocuy), which rises to 18,022 feet (5,493 metres). Beyond this point, near Pamplona, the cordillera splits into two much narrower ranges, one extending into Venezuela, the other, the Perijá Mountains, forming the northern boundary range between Colombia and Venezuela. The…
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Northern Andes

In Andes Mountains: Physiography of the Northern Andes
…the north-northeast; among them the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy (18,022 feet) is high enough to have snowcapped peaks.
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