Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

Parque Natural Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Chita o Guican
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Chita o Guican National Natural Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Pan de Azúcar (5120 m) in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
Location	Departments of Arauca, Boyacá and Casanare
Nearest city	Tame, Arauca, Colombia
Coordinates	06°26′00″N 72°17′00″W / 6.43333°N 72.28333°WCoordinates: 06°26′00″N 72°17′00″W / 6.43333°N 72.28333°W
Area	3,062 km^2 (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

1. "El Cocuy Boyacá"(Spanish) (Retrieved on January 6, 2008)
2. Paz, Manuel María. "View of the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Chita, or Güicán, from Moreno, Province of Casanare". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-21.

External links

• Cocuy National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage