South America
Colombia

Cordillera Oriental

The Cordillera Oriental is the widest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The range extends from south to north, dividing from the in to where it splits into the and the in Venezuelan Andes.
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 3,583 metres
  • Description: mountain range in Colombia
  • Also known as: “Eastern Cordillera”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ritacuba Blanco.

Peak
Photo: Martin Roca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the highest peak of Cordillera Oriental, 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 is located.

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 Cordillera Oriental mountain range in the Andes Mountains of , at its easternmost point.

Cordillera Oriental

Latitude
6.51° or 6° 30′ 36″ north
Longitude
-72.307° or 72° 18′ 25″ west
Elevation
3,583 metres (11,755 feet)
Open location code
67R9GM6V+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5653678521
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
3673565
Wiki­data ID
Q143014
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Cordillera Oriental” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Mendikatea”
  • Bulgarian: “Източна Кордилера”
  • Bulgarian: “Източни Кордилери”
  • Catalan: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Cebuano: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Chinese: “哥倫比亞東部山脈”
  • Czech: “Východní Kordillera”
  • Czech: “Východní Kordillery”
  • Dutch: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كورديليرا الشرقيه”
  • Esperanto: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Kordilero”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Montaro de Kolombio”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Montoĉeno”
  • Esperanto: “Orientaj Andoj”
  • French: “Altiplano Cundiboyacense”
  • French: “cordillère Orientale”
  • French: “Cordillère Orientale”
  • Galician: “Cordilleira Oriental”
  • German: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Hebrew: “קורדיירה אוריינטל”
  • Italian: “Cordigliera Orientale”
  • Italian: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Japanese: “オリエンタル山脈 (コロンビア)”
  • Japanese: “東部山脈 (コロンビア)”
  • Ladin: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Latin: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Latin: “Cordillera Orientalis Columbiar”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Kordiljera”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Norwegian: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Polish: “Kordyliera Wschodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira Oriental”
  • Russian: “Восточная Кордильера”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Istočni Kordiljeri (Kolumbija)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Istočni Kordiljeri”
  • Slovak: “Východná Kordillera”
  • Slovenian: “Cordillera Oriental, Kolumbija”
  • Slovenian: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Swedish: “Cordillera Oriental”
  • Swedish: “Östkordiljäran”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Kordilerası (Kolombiya)”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Kordilerası”
  • Ukrainian: “Кордильєра-Орієнталь”
  • Venetian: “Cordejera Oriental”
  • Vietnamese: “Cordillera Oriental”

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