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Ritacuba Blanco, Colombia
Prominence: 3645 m, 11958 ft
Elevation: 5410 meters, 17,749 feet
True Isolation: 499.19 km, 310.18 mi
Alternate Name(s)
Alto Ritacuba
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
6° 29' 40'' N, 72° 17' 47'' W
6.494583, -72.296517 (Dec Deg)
799021 E 718676 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country
Colombia
State/Province
Boyacá (Highest Point)
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Lists that contain Ritacuba Blanco:
World Top 100 by Prominence
(Rank #46)
World Drainage Basin High Points over 5000 m high
(Rank #33)
World Top 50 by Prominence
(Rank #46)
Colombia Department High Points
(Rank #3)
Largest-Area Drainage Basin High Points
(Rank #9)
South America Range3 High Points
(Rank #7)
1500-meter Prominence Peak with Ascents
(Rank #192)
World Peaks with 300 km of Isolation
(Rank #232)
Pre-1815 World Top 50 by Prominence [Historic]
(Rank #47)
South America Peaks with 200 km of Isolation
(Rank #25)
Ultras of South America
(Rank #7)
Ultras of Colombia and the Venezuela Andes
(Rank #3)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2012-05-18 by Hannah Wilner
2013-12-08 by Franklin Bradshaw
2014-01-14 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)
2014-01-14 by Adam Helman
2014-03-01 by GINNETH ORJUELA
2014-12-23 by Kristian Kalsing
2014-12-24 by Kristian Kalsing
2014-12-25 by Kristian Kalsing (GPS Track)
View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (17 total)
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Approaching the summit on Ritacuba Blanco, Colombia (2009-02-06). Photo by
Ken Jones
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 3645 m/11,958 ft
Optimistic Prominence
: 3645 m/11,958 ft
Key Col
: 1765 m/5791 ft
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 499.19 km/310.18 mi
Isolation Limit Point
: 10.8133, -73.615
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
La Reina
(NNW)
Ranges
Continent:
South America
Range2:
Andes
Range3:
Colombian Andes (Highest Point)
Range4:
Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins
Orinoco (HP)
Atlantic Ocean
Ownership
Land: Parque nacional El Cocuy (Highest Point)
Data Source
GPS Reading or LIDAR
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Other Photos
Playitas Camp below Ritacuba Blanco, Colombia (2009-02-07). Photo by
Ken Jones
.
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The begnning of the trail to Ritacuba Blanco in a Colombian national park (2009-02-08). Photo by
Ken Jones
.
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Ritacuba Negro is the tooth behind Ritacuba Blanco, from above El Cocuy (2009-02-03). Photo by
Ken Jones
.
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Final approach to summit block (2014-12-25). Photo by
Kristian Kalsing
.
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