{{Infobox protected area | name = Pico Codazzi Natural Monument<br/>Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi | iucn_category = III | image =Colonia Tovar 122013 2.JPG | image_caption = | location ={{flag|Venezuela}} | map = Venezuela | relief = 1 | map_alt = | map_caption = Location | map_width = 240 | nearest_city = | coordinates = {{coords|10|24|N|67|18|W|display=inline, title}} | area_km2 = 118.50 | established = {{start date|1991|6|5}} | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = | module = }} The '''Pico Codazzi Natural Monument'''<ref>[http://www.parkswatch.org/parkprofiles/pdf/pcnm_spa.pdf Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi]</ref> ({{langx|es|Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi}})<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8zweAQAAMAAJ&q=Monumento+natural+Pico+Codazzi|title=Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales|date=2004-01-01|publisher=Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales|language=es}}</ref> Also '''Codazzi Peak Natural Monument''' Is a protected area with the status of a natural monument located in the Aragua State<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4aHLBgAAQBAJ&q=Monumento+natural+Pico+Codazzi&pg=PA616|title=Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents|last1=Patton|first1=James L.|last2=Pardiñas|first2=Ulyses F. J.|last3=D’Elía|first3=Guillermo|date=2015-03-09|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226169576|language=en}}</ref> in the center of northern Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ioG7AAAAIAAJ&q=Monumento+natural+Pico+Codazzi|title=Guía ecoturística de Venezuela|date=1998-01-01|publisher=Miro Popić Editor C.A.|language=es}}</ref> It was created in 1991 to connect the Henri Pittier National Park with the Macarao National Park and constitutes one of the highest peaks of the Cordillera de la Costa. It covers an area of 11,850 ha.
Its highest peak, the Codazzi peak, also called the picacho, has height references that vary between 1818 msnm2 and 2429 msnm, making it one of the highest mountains of the Aragua State and the Cordillera de la Costa.
The Pico Codazzi Natural Monument is located in the Ribas municipality. The eastern boundary of Pico Codazzi is determined by the road that connects La Victoria with Colonia Tovar. ==See also== *List of national parks of Venezuela *Formaciones de Tepuyes Natural Monument
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Category:Natural monuments of Venezuela Category:Protected areas established in 1991