Mount Simon Bolivar and Chistobal Colon Colombia
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peaks by prominence). The nearest peak that is higher is Cayambe, some 1,288 kilometres (800 mi) away.
There is a permanent snow cap on this peak and on the nearby mountains. It is part of the Sierra Nevada de
Santa Marta range, along with Mount Simon Bolivar.
The Simon Bolivar Peak is a mountain with perpetual snows, which is part of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
in northern Colombia. Mount Simon Bolivar and Mount Cristobal Colon peaks are twins, which means they have
the same height of 5775 m, and therefore both are the highest mountains in Colombia, but usually chooses
Mount Cristobal Colon to represent Colombia, as it is easier this way to differ between the highest peak in
Venezuela, the Mount Bolivar.
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