Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
Parque Natural Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Chita o Guican | |
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Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Chita o Guican National Natural Park | |
IUCN category II (national park)
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Pan de Azúcar (5120 m) in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
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Location | Departments of Arauca, Boyacá and Casanare |
Nearest city | Tame, Arauca, Colombia |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | 3,062 km2 (1,182 sq mi) |
Established | 1977 |
Governing body | SINAP |
The Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Chita o Guican National Natural Park (or Sierra Nevada de Chita or Sierra Nevada de Güicán, Spanish: Parque Natural Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Chita o Guican is a national park and a set of highlands within the Cordillera Oriental mountain range in the Andes Mountains of Colombia.
Snow peaks
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).
An 1856 watercolor by Manuel María Paz is an early depiction of the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy in Casanare Province.[2]
References
- ↑ "El Cocuy Boyacá"(Spanish) (Retrieved on January 6, 2008)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Cocuy National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- IUCN Category II
- Articles containing Spanish-language text
- Mountain ranges of Colombia
- National parks of Colombia
- Protected areas established in 1977
- Geography of Arauca Department
- Geography of Boyacá Department
- Geography of Casanare Department
- Visitor attractions in Arauca Department
- Visitor attractions in Boyacá Department
- Visitor attractions in Casanare Department