South America
Colombia

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is an isolated mountain range in northern , separate from the range that runs through the north of the country.
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 5,313 metres
  • Description: mountain range
  • Also known as: “Sierra de coco”, “Sierra Nevada”, “Sierra Neveda”, “Sierras Nevadas de Santa Marta”, and “Snowy Mountains”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pico Cristóbal Colón and Pico Simón Bolívar.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is possibly the highest mountain in , with a reported height of 5,775 metres. and are the two highest peaks in Colombia and almost equal in elevation.

Peak
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is possibly the highest mountain in , with an estimated height of 5,720 metres. Pico Bolívar and the neighbouring summit of are the two highest peaks in Colombia and are very nearly equal in elevation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural Park.

Photo: Dwayne Reilander, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a large national park in the region of . The park is rugged terrain of mountainous forests and is inhabited by descendants of the Tayrona indigenous culture.

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Latitude
10.835° or 10° 50′ 6″ north
Longitude
-73.675° or 73° 40′ 30″ west
Elevation
5,313 metres (17,431 feet)
Open location code
7728R8PG+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5653607524
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
3673867
Wiki­data ID
Q26728
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سييرا نيفادا”
  • Basque: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Belarusian: “Сьера-Невада-дэ-Санта-Марта”
  • Bulgarian: “Сиера Невада де Санта Марта”
  • Catalan: “Serra Nevada de Sant Marta”
  • Catalan: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Cebuano: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Chinese: “圣玛尔塔内华达山脉”
  • Chinese: “西蒙·玻利瓦尔峰”
  • Czech: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Dutch: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Esperanto: “Sierra Nevada de Sankta-Marta”
  • Esperanto: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Estonian: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Finnish: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • French: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Galician: “Serra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Galician: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Georgian: “სიერა-ნევადა-დე-სანტა-მარტა”
  • German: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Hausa: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Hebrew: “סיירה נבדה דה סנטה מרתה”
  • Hungarian: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Italian: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・マルタ山脈”
  • Japanese: “シエラ・ネバダ・デ・サンタ・マルタ”
  • Japanese: “シエラ・ネバダ・デ・サンタ・マルタ山地”
  • Japanese: “シモン・ボリーバル山”
  • Japanese: “ネバダ・デ・サンタ・マルタ山脈”
  • Ladin: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Lithuanian: “Siera Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Lithuanian: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Norwegian: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Persian: “سیرا نوادا د سانتا مارتا”
  • Polish: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Portuguese: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Romanian: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Russian: “Сьерра-Невада-де-Санта-Марта”
  • Rusyn: “Сьерра Невада де Санта Марта”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Slovenian: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Spanish: “Corazón del Mundo”
  • Spanish: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Swahili: “Pico Simon Bolivar”
  • Swedish: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Turkish: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьєрра-Невада-де-Санта-Марта”
  • Venetian: “Siera Nevada de Santa Marta”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Asentamiento Kogui and Region Potrocaka.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Boquerón and Glaciar Bolívar sur.

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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 “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.