Pico Bonpland is Venezuela's third highest peak, at 4,883 metres above sea level. It is located in the Sierra Nevada de Merida, in the Venezuelan Andes of (Mérida State). The peak with its sister peak Pico Humboldt, and the surrounding páramos are protected by the Sierra Nevada National Park. The name of the peak is in honor of Aimé Bonpland, although he never visited the Venezuelan Andes.

Pico Bonpland
Pico Bonpland as seen from the Pico Humboldt
Highest point
Elevation	4,883 m (16,020 ft)
Coordinates	8°32′N 71°00′W
Geography
Location	Mérida, Venezuela
Parent range	Sierra Nevada, Andes
Climbing
First ascent	1911 by Alfredo Jahn (was the same ascent to the Pico Humboldt as well)
Easiest route	By the excursionist route Pico Espejo-Mucuy.

The glaciers located in the Bonpland were the result from Merida glaciation in the Pleistocene. By 2011 they had all disappeared.[1]

References

• Jahn A, Observaciones glaciológicas de los Andes venezolanos. Cult. Venez. 1925, 64:265-80

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