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Bolívar Peak
Bolívar Peak Bolívar Peak in Sierra Nevada National Park, northwestern Venezuela.

Bolívar Peak

mountain, Venezuela
Also known as: La Columna, Pico Bolívar
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Bolívar Peak, mountain in Sierra Nevada National Park, northwestern Venezuela. Rising 16,332 feet (4,978 metres), it is the highest mountain in the Cordillera de Mérida (a northeastern spur of the Andes Mountains) and in Venezuela.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Jeff Wallenfeldt.
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