Pico 31 de Março is a mountain on the Brazil-Venezuela border. At 2,973 metres (9,754 ft) above sea level, it is Brazil's second highest mountain. It is part of the Pico da Neblina massif, and the latter peak, Brazil's highest summit, is only 687 m (2,254 ft) away. Pico 31 de Março can be considered a secondary summit of Pico da Neblina. Therefore, it is usually climbed by expeditions primarily aiming to reach the other peak. Pico 31 de Março is ...
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Pico 31 de Março is a mountain on the Brazil-Venezuela border. At 2,973 metres (9,754 ft) above sea level, it is Brazil's second highest mountain. It is part of the Pico da Neblina massif, and the latter peak, Brazil's highest summit, is only 687 m (2,254 ft) away. Pico 31 de Março can be considered a secondary summit of Pico da Neblina. Therefore, it is usually climbed by expeditions primarily aiming to reach the other peak. Pico 31 de Março is linked to Pico da Neblina by a col that can be easily traversed in a short trek of about an hour.
The peak was first discovered in 1954 by the Basset Maguire's expedition to the north side of the mountain massif. It las later climbed during the first attempt to climb Pico da Neblina, by a Brazilian army expedition. It received its name (meaning "March 31 Peak" in Portuguese) as a self-homage by the military regime instated in Brazil a few months earlier on that date, in a coup d'état which was then officially called the "March 31 Revolution."...
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