Pico Humboldt
Pico Humboldt is Venezuela's second highest peak, at 4,925 metres above sea level.
It is located in the Sierra Nevada de Merida, in the Venezuelan Andes of (Mérida State). The peak, its sister peak Pico Bonpland, and the surrounding páramos are protected by the Sierra Nevada National Park. The mountain is named after German explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.
| Pico Humboldt | |
|---|---|
 Pico Humboldt in 2008 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,925 m (16,158 ft) |
| Prominence | 440 m |
| Isolation | 5.62 km (3.49 mi)  |
| Coordinates | 8°32′58.78″N 70°59′46.11″W / 8.5496611°N 70.9961417°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Mérida, Venezuela |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada, Andes |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1911 by Alfredo Jahn |
| Easiest route | Laguna del Suero |
Glaciers
The summit was formerly surrounded by glaciers, including the two largest out of the four glaciers remaining in the country (the other two smaller glaciers were on Pico Bolívar). The glaciers on Humboldt Peak (as most tropical glaciers) have been receding fast since the 1970s. By 2009, all but one glacier, the Humboldt Glacier, had vanished. The remaining glacier covers an area of 0.1 km2 and is forecast to melt completely within a decade.
References
- Jahn A, Observaciones glaciológicas de los Andes venezolanos. Cult. Venez. 1925, 64:265-80
External links
- Hansen, Kathryn Hansen (August 27, 2018). "Last glacier standing in Venezuela". Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet. NASA's Earth Observatory. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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