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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Pico Cristóbal Colón (5730 m/18,799 ft)
Countries	Colombia
States/Provinces	Magdalena (61%), Cesar (21%), La Guajira (18%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	38,505 sq km / 14,867 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	285 km / 177 mi North-South 264 km / 164 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	10° 17' N; 73° 44' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

North Colombia Coast	Level 3 (Parent)
Perija-Guajira	Level 4 (Sibling)
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta	Level 4
North Central Colombia	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Pico Cristóbal Colón	5730	18,799
2.	Pico Bolívar	5725	18,783
3.	La Reina	5450	17,881
4.	Pico Ojeda	5290	17,356
5.	Pico Guardían	5286	17,343
6.	Pico Tulio Ospino	5250	17,224
7.	Cuchilla San Lorenzo	2866	9403
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Pico Cristóbal Colón

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Pico Cristobal Colon as seen from the col directly north of the mountain (2015-12-12). Photo by Petter Bjørstad.
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