What is the highest peak in Brazil?

What is the highest peak in Brazil? The answer is Pico da Neblina.

Pico da Neblina is Brazil’s highest peak, rising to about 2,995.3 meters above sea level. It stands in the Serra do Imeri, part of the Guiana Highlands, in Brazil’s Amazonas state near the Venezuelan border. Its Portuguese name means “Peak of the Mist,” fitting the summit’s frequent cloud cover.

The mountain’s exact political location was clarified by a 1962 border survey: the main summit is inside Brazil, roughly 687 meters from the international border. The peak is protected within Pico da Neblina National Park and lies in a remote region involving Indigenous territories and sensitive border areas.

Pico da Neblina was not always recognized as Brazil’s highest mountain. Pico da Bandeira held that reputation until expeditions in the 1960s established that Pico da Neblina and nearby Pico 31 de Março were higher. Pico da Bandeira is now Brazil’s third-highest peak and the highest outside the Amazon region.