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22 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 meters or greater

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Compiled 2005 by Jonathan de Ferranti with assistance from John Biggar and Aaron Maizlish.

This is one of eight lists that cover the known ultra-prominences for South America.  This project represents original research into accurate elevations and prominence of the world's major summits, employing both new data sources and published topographic materials.

updated:  January 30, 2006
Rank
 Summit Name
 Country
 Elevation
 Prominence
 Saddle
 Latitude
 Longitude
 ID
Code		 Elev.
(ft.)
 Prom.
(ft.)
 Notes

1 Pico Cristobal Colon Colombia 5775 5584 191 10º50'21"N 073º41'09"W SA002 18947 18320 [1]
2 Ritacuba Blanco Colombia 5410 3645 1765 06º29'39"N 072º17'51"W SA005 17749 11959 [2]
3 Nevado del Huila Colombia 5390 2650 2740 02º55'27"N 076º01'45"W SA018 17684 8694
4 Cerro Tamana Colombia 4100 2573 1527 05º09'54"N 076º05'42"W SA023 13451 8441
5 Farallones de Cali Colombia 4050 2309 1741 03º20'39"N 076º41'45"W SA032 13287 7575
6 Farallones de Citara Colombia 4050 2280 1770 05º45'33"N 076º03'42"W SA034 13287 7480
7 Cerro Calima Colombia 3840 2242 1598 04º04'09"N 076º31'27"W SA038 12598 7356
8 Cerro Pintado Colombia/Venezuela 3660 2181 1479 10º20'18"N 072º54'15"W SA045 12008 7155
9 Nevado del Ruiz Colombia 5300 2035 3265 04º53'30"N 075º19'24"W SA061 17388 6676
10 Paramo Frontino Colombia 3950 1953 1997 06º27'24"N 076º07'21"W SA075 12959 6407
11 Cerro Napi Colombia 3860 1837 2023 02º22'42"N 077º26'00"W SA093 12664 6027
12 Saliente del Rio Guape Colombia 4180 1835 2345 03º42'54"N 074º02'33"W SA096 13714 6020
13 Cerro Tacarcuna Colombia/Panama 1870 1765 105 08º09'57"N 077º17'45"W SA114 6135 5791 [13]
14 Cordillera los Pichachos Colombia 3630 1704 1926 02º54'48"N 074º51'00"W SA126 11909 5590
15 Cerro San Lucas Colombia 2270 1702 568 08º06'42"N 074º16'21"W SA130 7447 5584
16 Cerro Torra Colombia 2820 1659 1161 04º46'57"N 076º29'42"W SA145 9252 5443
17 Cordillera de los Cobardes Colombia 3420 1658 1762 06º27'45"N 073º26'39"W SA144 11220 5440
18 Nevado de Cumbal Colombia 4760 1575 3185 00º57'21"N 077º53'12"W SA173 15617 5167
19 Cerro Paramillo Colombia 3730 1559 2171 07º06'09"N 075º58'09"W SA164 12237 5115
20 Alto de Nique Colombia/Panama 1730 1557 173 07º42'06"N 077º43'39"W SA178 5676 5108 [13]
21 Paramo el Nevado Colombia 4250 1532 2718 03º56'06"N 074º06'36"W SA191 13943 5026
22 Cuchilla San Lorenzo Colombia 2866 1522 1344 11º07'00"N 074º02'00"W SA196 9403 4993

FOOTNOTES

A further suggested resource is John Biggar's climbing guide "The Andes" and website.

[1]  Cristobol Colon:  This is the HP of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Northern Colombia, and the fifth most prominent summit on earth.  Some sources suggest that the nearby 'twin" summit of Pico Bolivar may be higher.

[2]  Ritacuba Blanco:  Our given elevation is based in part on a 2006 GPS survey of the summit by John Biggar, which is consistent with SRTM.  John has provided us an elevation estimate of 5410m ±15m.  This is midway between two wildly divergent frequently quoted elevations.  5493m (18,021')  is often quoted.  Some Colombia topographic maps provide a spot elevation of 5330m (17,487').  The most recent topographic map has a high contour of 5350m which is probably consistent with the 2006 GPS reading.

[13]  These two peaks are believed to be on the border between Colombia and Panama, and thus appear on both lists.

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