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VENEZUELA, BRAZIL AND THE GUIANAS
ULTRA-PROMINENCES

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


Note: Pico Maior appears to be the highest point of the Serra dos Órgãos (Brazil), not the nearby location as we previously reported. See also http://www.summitpost.org/tres-picos/153559.

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.

The list has been further divided into two sections at the Amazon.  Brazil has a total of nine ultras.  The six that are north of the Amazon are in the region of the Orinico Highlands near Venezuela.  The second section lists the three ultras in the Brazilian highlands in São Paulo, Espirito Santo, and Minas Gerais states.

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

Corrections through: March 19, 2011

Rank
 Summit Name
 Country
 Elevation
 Prominence
 Saddle
 Latitude
 Longitude
 ID
Code		 Elev.
(ft.)
 Prom.
(ft.)
 Notes

VENEZUELA AND ORINOCO HIGHLANDS (including Brazil north of the Amazon)
1 Pico Bolivar Venezuela 4981 3957 1024 08º32'30"N 071º02'45"W SA004 16342 12982 [1]
2 Pico de Neblina Venezuela, Brazil 2994 2886 108 00º48'24"N 066º00'18"W SA044 9823 9468 [2]
3 Cerro Tristeza Venezuela 2596 2456 140 10º05'03"N 063º57'30"W SA027 8517 8058
4 Pico Naiguata Venezuela 2765 2455 310 10º32'36"N 066º46'57"W SA028 9071 8054
5 Cerro Marahuaca Venezuela 2832 2289 543 03º39'36"N 065º24'24"W SA016 9291 7510
6 Monte Roraima Guyana, Venezuela 2723 2251 472 05º12'08"N 060º44'07"W SA036 8934 7385 [6]
7 Cerro Pintado Colombia, Venezuela 3660 2181 1479 10º20'18"N 072º54'15"W SA045 12008 7155
8 Serrania Guanay Venezuela 2392 2026 366 05º45'57"N 066º11'30"W SA063 7848 6647
9 Serra Imeri Venezuela, Brazil 2500 1951 549 00º29'27"N 065º20'00"W SA078 8202 6401
10 Serra Tulu Tuloi Brazil 2140 1950 190 01º11'45"N 063º48'00"W SA079 7021 6398
11 Serra da Mocidade Brazil 1980 1830 150 01º44'48"N 061º47'33"W SA098 6496 6004
12 Sierra Maigualida Venezuela 2350 1790 560 05º34'51"N 065º14'57"W SA108 7710 5873
13 Serra do Pacu Brazil 1880 1712 168 01º31'42"N 062º10'27"W SA129 6168 5617
14 Cerro Cerbatana Venezuela 2080 1708 372 06º39'36"N 066º14'15"W SA127 6824 5604
15 Cero Raya Venezuela 2070 1686 384 05º25'00"N 066º22'00"W SA134 6791 5531
16 Chimata Tepuy Venezuela 2675 1658 1017 05º22'12"N 062º04'45"W SA140 8776 5440
17 "Tulu Tuloi II" Brazil 1780 1584 196 00º57'36"N 063º20'24"W SA168 5840 5197 [17]
18 Meseta del Cerro Jaua Venezuela 2395 1572 823 04º34'09"N 064º21'24"W SA177 7858 5157
19 Pico el Turmal Venezuela 3560 1542 2018 09º31'39"N 070º06'48"W SA184 11680 5059
20 Cerro el Cerron Venezuela 2100 1500 600 10º19'21"N 070º37'51"W SA209 6890 4921

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS (Brazil south of the Amazon)
1 Pico de Bandeira Brazil 2890 2640 250 20º26'03"S 041º47'48"W SA020 9482 8661
2 Pico Pedra da Mina (Pontan) Brazil 2798 2068 730 22º25'42"S 044º50'36"W SA056 9180 6785
3 Pico Maior (Tres Picos) Brazil 2316 1897 419 22º20'33"S 042º43'36"W SA095 7598 6223

FOOTNOTES

Many of these peaks are hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest, and little is known about them.  The authors would appreciate feedback from people familiar with some of the individual jungle peaks.

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

[1]  Pico Bolivar (high point of Venezuela):  A 1993 survey sets the official elevation at 4980.8m.  This supercedes the old number of 5007m, which was from a 1927 remote survey, prior even to the first ascent.  Reference Venezuela government publication, Venezuela Innovadora.

[2]  Pico de Neblina / Pico da Neblina (high point of Brazil):  This is not a true 3000 meter summit, although the elevation of 3014m is often given.  A 2004 publication by IGBE (the Brazilian civilian mapping agency), restates the official elevation as 2993.78m.  Reference IGBE Notice. 

[6]   Monte Roraima is a large, flat plateau defended by high cliffs.  SRTM data on the plateau is in error. It was said to have provided the inspiration for Conan Doyle's "Lost World" novel. According to SRTM, Cerro Marahuaca is higher than all the commonly quoted elevations for Monte Roraima.

[17]  This is our working name for the apparently unnamed summit in the Serra Tulu Tuloi.


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