Abstract

PEREZ, Omar J. et al. Alturas del Pico Bolívar y otras cimas andinas venezolanas a partir de observaciones Gps. INCI [online]. 2005, vol.30, n.4, pp.213-216. ISSN 0378-1844.

Based on a series of GPS measurements made in 2002 on top of peak Bolívar, the highest Venezuelan mountain, and on seven other nearby sites along the Venezuelan Andes, including three other of the highest peaks of the country; and using a recently derived local geoid for Venezuela, the orthometric height of Peak Bolívar, 4978.4 ±0.4 m, and of other nearby mountains were determined. This height is 23,6m less than that obtained (5002m) by Alfredo Jahn in 1912, calculated by geodesic triangulation and barometric measurements in the nearby town of Mérida, and it is 28.6m less than the current official height of 5007m established in 1928.

Keywords : Altura Ortométrica; Andes Venezolanos; GPS; Pico Bolívar.