Pico da Neblina

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Pico da Neblina
Pico da Neblina in 2015, with the usual clouds.
Highest point
Elevation	2,995.30 m (9,827.1 ft)[1]
Prominence	2,887 m (9,472 ft) Ranked 112th
Listing	Country high point Ultra
Coordinates	0°48′17″N 66°00′24″W / 0.80472°N 66.00667°W / 0.80472; -66.00667[2]
Geography
Pico da Neblina Location of Pico da Neblina in Brazil
Location	State of Amazonas, Brazil
Parent range	Serra da Neblina ("Mountain Range of the Mists"), a section of Serra do Imeri in the Guiana Highlands
Climbing
First ascent	1965
Easiest route	From the town of São Gabriel da Cachoeira to Iazinho river by truck, then by boat on Iazinho river, Ia river, Caburaí river and Tucano river, then on a jungle trail with three camps (Tucano, Bebedouro Novo, Garimpo do Tucano) before the final ascent.

Pico da Neblina (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpiku dɐ neˈblĩnɐ], Mist Peak) is the highest peak in Brazil, 2,995.3 metres (9,827 ft) above sea level, in the Serra da Neblina, part of the Serra do Imeri, a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil-Venezuela border. As determined by a border survey expedition in 1962, its summit lies just within Brazilian territory, at a horizontal distance of only 687 m (2,254 ft) from the Venezuelan border at Pico 31 de Março. It is a common misconception^{[citation needed]} to refer to this mountain as the highest point in South America outside the Andes while ignoring the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.

As the peak's name suggests, it is shrouded in dense clouds most of the time.^[3] It was first ascended in 1965 by members of a Brazilian Army expedition.^{[citation needed]}