Ritacuba Blanco

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Ritacuba Blanco is a prominent glaciated mountain peak in the Colombian Andes, renowned as one of the country’s highest and a key feature of the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ritacuba Blanco canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean peak ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
climateZone alpine ⓘ
climbingDifficultyNormalRoute alpine PD ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
drainageBasin Magdalena River basin ⓘ
Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
elevation 17749 ft ⓘ
5410 m ⓘ
firstAscentBy Austrian–German expedition ⓘ
linked to: Austrian expedition
firstAscentYear 1939 ⓘ
geology sedimentary and metamorphic rocks ⓘ
hasAccessRegulatedBy Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia ⓘ
hasCoordinatesApprox 6.47°N 72.30°W ⓘ
hasFeature permanent snowfields ⓘ
retreating glacier ⓘ
hasGlacier Ritacuba Blanco Glacier ⓘ
hasPhotoSubject Andean glacier landscapes ⓘ
hasStatus protected area feature ⓘ
hasSummitRidgeOrientation north–south ⓘ
hasVegetationBeltBelow páramo ⓘ
isHighestPointOf Cordillera Oriental of Colombia ⓘ
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy ⓘ
isOneOfHighestPointsOf Colombia ⓘ
isSubjectTo glacier retreat due to climate change ⓘ
isTouristAttractionOf Boyacá Department ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
locatedIn Boyacá Department ⓘ
Colombian Andes ⓘ
Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea El Cocuy National Natural Park ⓘ
mainNormalRouteFrom El Cocuy ⓘ
mountainType glaciated stratovolcanic-type massif ⓘ
nearestTown El Cocuy ⓘ
Guicán ⓘ
notableFor being among the highest Colombian peaks ⓘ
large glacier coverage (historically) ⓘ
partOf El Cocuy–Chita–Guicán massif ⓘ
prominence about 1300 m ⓘ
range Andes ⓘ
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy ⓘ
usedFor high-altitude climbing ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
trekking ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy → hasHighestPoint → Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy → hasPeak → Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
Cordillera Oriental → highestPeak → Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
Toti → nearbyFeature → Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
Ritacuba Blanco Glacier → locatedIn → Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
Cocuy National Natural Park → highestPoint → Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
Northeastern Colombia → highestPoint → Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
subject linked to: northeastern Colombia