A Pyramid within the Amazon? The Thriller of Cerro El Cono in Peru’s Sierra del Divisor

The mysterious peak of Cerro El Cono, standing remoted within the Sierra del Divisor, a mountainous border between Peru and Brazil, has drawn consideration of researchers for its mysterious pyramidal form, rising from the plain and protruding from the virgin lowland forest. In the Andes mountain vary, the construction is seen from a distance of as much as 250 miles (400 kilometers) on clear days. Because of its distant location, Cerro El Cono’s origins have remained a thriller. Some stories counsel that “The cone hill” may be a peculiar rock construction, whereas others speculate that it could be an extinct volcano. 

Origin Theories

According to analysis featured in La República, the 1310-foot-tall Corro El Cono is a non secular entity for the native tribes. It is revered as an Andean Apu, a secret mountain believed to carry protecting powers for the individuals dwelling in its neighborhood.

Some researchers speculate it as an extinct volcano as a consequence of its distinct form, however this speculation stays unconfirmed as a consequence of restricted analysis and accessibility points on this space.
Another rationalization — one for which there is no such thing as a proof — is that Cerro El Cono sits on the ruins of a pyramid constructed by historical Indigenous tribes.

Conservation challenges

To fight threats of environmental degradation as a consequence of unlawful logging, gold mining, and poaching, Sierra del Divisor National Park was created in 2015. But current surveys present, this protected park has didn’t ship the promised risk elimination.