 Pico Piedras Blancas is located to the northeast of Mérida, the state capital.Pico Piedras Blancas is very close to Pico Mucumamó, Pico Los Nevados and Pico El Buitre; all of them surround a high altitude valley in the heart of the Sierra de la Culata at approximately above sea level, known on topographic maps as Hoyo Negro ("Black Hole").A former measure of 4,762 metres, given by Jahn in 1910, was corrected to 4,737 metres in 1951.