Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

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The Earth's highest coastal mountain, Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, moved north from Peru and rotated to form a new basin.

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Camilo Montes

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