Andino
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Güicán

Ritacuba Blanco

Ritacuba Blanco is the highest peak of , in the of . It's also named Ritak'uwa, an ancient name from the U'wa indigenous people that live in the lowlands of the National Park Sierra Nevada del Cocuy y Güicán, where the Ritacuba Blanco is located.
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Photo: Martin Roca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,806 metres
  • Description: mountain in Colombia
  • Also known as: “Alto Ritacuba” and “Alto Ritacuva”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cocuy National Park.

Photo: Omorenomalaver, CC BY 3.0.
The Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Chita or 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 and a series of highlands and glaciated peaks located within the mountain range in the Andes Mountains of , at its easternmost point.

Ritacuba Blanco

Latitude
6.49456° or 6° 29′ 40″ north
Longitude
-72.29645° or 72° 17′ 47″ west
Elevation
4,806 metres (15,768 feet)
Open location code
67R9FPV3+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 685235348
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3670694
Wiki­data ID
Q2648857
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Satellite Map

Discover Ritacuba Blanco from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Ritacuba Blanco” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Alto Ritacuba”
  • Chinese: “白里塔库巴峰”
  • Chinese: “白里塔庫巴峰”
  • Czech: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Czech: “Ritak’uwa”
  • Dutch: “Alto Ritacuba”
  • Dutch: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ريتاكوبا بلانكو”
  • Esperanto: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • French: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Indonesian: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Italian: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Japanese: “リタクバ・ブランコ”
  • Ladin: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Lithuanian: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Lithuanian: “Ritakuba Blankas”
  • Ossetian: “Ритакубæ-Бланко”
  • Persian: “ریتاکوبا بلانکو”
  • Polish: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Portuguese: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Russian: “Ритакуба-Бланко”
  • Russian: “Ритакува”
  • Slovenian: “Alto Ritacuba”
  • Slovenian: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Spanish: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Spanish: “Ritak’uwa”
  • Swahili: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Swedish: “Alto Ritacuba”
  • Swedish: “Ritacuba Blanco”
  • Ukrainian: “Рітакуба-Бланко”
  • Ukrainian: “Рітакува”
  • Venetian: “Ritacuba Blanco”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Glaciar de los Ritacuba (año 2022) and Ritacuba Negro.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ritacuba Blanco”. Photo: Martin Roca, CC BY-SA 3.0.