Pico La Reina · 5,510 m · 8.2 km ESE

Mountain · Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta · Magdalena Department

Pico Simón Bolívar

5,775 m18,947 ft

Prominence: at least 5,583 m18,317 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -7°CSnow · Wind 6 km/h N

Pico Simón Bolívar is a 5,775 m (18,947 ft) mountain in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia.

All facts

Elevation: 5,775 m · 18,947 ft
Range: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Region: Magdalena Department, Colombia
Coordinates: 10.8387° N, 73.6860° W

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3D map

Pico Simón Bolívar 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pico Simón Bolívar terrain and contours

200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Pico Simón Bolívar elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pico Simón Bolívar weather

Tonight · Snow · -7°C (19°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 6 km/h N

Pico Simón Bolívar forecast for the summit, about 5,775 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,835 m.

Tonight-7°1.0 mm6 km/h NBase 16°
Sat-8°-1°14.6 mm9 km/h NWBase 16 / 22°
Sun-8°-1°11.2 mm10 km/h SWBase 16 / 22°
Mon-6°-3°7.0 mm6 km/h SBase 17 / 20°
Tue-7°-3°6.4 mm10 km/h SWBase 17 / 21°
Wed-8°-3°4.1 mm5 km/h NWBase 16 / 21°
Thu-7°-3°17.7 mm2 km/h NBase 17 / 20°
Fri-9°-3°6.2 mm5 km/h NEBase 15 / 21°
Sat-7°-4°18.1 mm3 km/h WBase 17 / 20°
Sun-7°-4°16.2 mm5 km/h NWBase 17 / 19°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

13.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

40.9%

Steep, 30–45°

35.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.7%

Steeper than 30°: 45.6% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 3,863 m low point 1,835 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 50.5%Grassland 38.0%Trees 5.4%Water 2.8%Snow & ice 2.2%Shrubland 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km, measured from the Pico Simón Bolívar summit.

Summit list 9

1Pico Santander5,572 m 1.0 km SSW
2Pico Simmonds5,594 m 2.2 km W
3Pico Wilches5,170 m 3.4 km NW
4Pico Menders5,115 m 4.5 km NW
5Ruiz Erazo5,152 m 5.2 km W
6Pico Ojeda5,295 m 6.5 km E
7Pico Guardián5,100 m 7.6 km SE
8Pico La Reina5,510 m 8.1 km ESE
9Pico Codazzi5,175 m 9.5 km E

Where it sits

Where Pico Simón Bolívar sits

Ranked in 1

#11 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGPico Simón Bolívar satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-01-27.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

77 m low This 3D map reads 5,698 m at the summit; the official height is 5,775 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 121 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,775 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,698 m	-77 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,654 m	-121 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-01-27)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia