Cerro El Cono (literally: "The Cone") is a mountain located in the Sierra del Divisor National Park in the Ucayali Department of Peru. The mountain has never been climbed and access is prohibited due to its proximity to uncontacted tribes in the Amazon rainforest.
Cerro El Cono is located in the Ucayali department of Peru near the BrazilâÂÂPeru border and the Ucayali River. Since the 1990s, it has been a part of the Sierra del Divisor National Park, a conservation area. Accessing the mountain is difficult due to its remote location in the Amazon rainforest. It rains often at El Cono.
El Cono is tall and reaches an elevation of . El Cono is isolated from any other mountain peak as is visible for up to in each direction. It is unknown whether El Cono is an extinct volcano or if it just a unique rock formation. It is approximately 5 million years old.
El Cono is held as a sacred mountain by Indigenous communities near it. Local traditions believe the that El Cono has an , or a spirit, that protects those who live near it. Uncontacted tribes such as the Iskonawa live near El Cono. Unfounded conspiracy theories claim that the El Cono is a pyramid built by a lost civilization.
El Cono is covered by a dense forest of trees. Several endangered species such as giant armadillos live on El Cono.