What do you think when you remember Argentina? About Che Guevara’s homeland, about the Top Gear epic journey through the Andes, or about Messi and their football team? In any case, we were distracted. Argentina has several rather gigantic mountains on its territory. In fact, not one of the 10 highest mountains in this country falls below 6500 meters.
This means that some of them are quite difficult to climb and require a certain level of technical knowledge in mountaineering. So take this as a warning if you plan to climb after reading this article.
We present to you a list of the 10 highest mountains in Argentina, their name and height, photo peaks.
List
- 10. Incahuasi, 6 638 m
- 9. Casadero, 6,658 m
- 8. Cerro Tipas, 6 668 m
- 7. Mercedario, 6 720 m
- 6. Ljulyayljako, 6 739 m
- 5. Tras-Cruces-Sur, 6 749 m
- 4. Cerro Bonete, 6,759 m
- 3. Monte Pissis, 6,795 m
- 2. Ojos del Salado, 6 893 m
- 1. Akongagua, 6,962 m
10. Incahuasi, 6 638 m
Incahuasi - volcanic mountain in the Andes of South America. It is located on the border of the Argentinean province of Catamarca and the Atacama region in Chile. The mountain was first raised by the Inca people.
In 1912, Walter Penk climbed a mountain. But one of the legends says that the first engineer to climb the mountain was Edward Flint in 1854-1859.
9. Casadero, 6,658 m
This mountain is the ninth highest in South America and is located on Pune, a barren high plateau in Argentina and Chile.
The old name of the peak is Casaderobut better known as Walter Penknamed after a German geologist who first visited the summit in 1913. The mountain was first conquered by the Chilean-Japanese expedition in 1970.
8. Cerro Tipas, 6 668 m
Volcano Cerro Tipas (also known as Cerro Walter Penk) Is a massive volcanic complex in the northwestern part of Argentina, located directly in the southwest of its more famous neighbor, 6893-meter Nevados Ojos del Salado.
Tipas is the third largest active volcano in the world. This is poorly known due to its isolated location.
The Tipas volcanic complex contains craters, cones, lava domes and lava flows covering an area of 25 square meters. Km It has a young morphology, and it is believed that its last eruptions were less than 10,000 years ago.
7. Mercedario, 6 720 m
Mercedario - This is a huge destroyed volcano, located less than fifty miles north of Aconcagua. Each of the two peaks dominates the view from the slopes of the other. Mercedario, like Aconcagua, is a gentle mountain and is a relatively easy climb.
In 1968, after several attempts by some of the most powerful Argentine climbers, a Japanese group led by Saburo Yoshida made the first ascent to the south side. In 1971, an Austrian expedition led by Fritz Moravek and Otmar Kuchera climbed north. In 1972, Italians Sergio Job Gino and Antonio Beorchia Nigris climbed the Mercedario along the usual route and discovered some Inca ruins just below the summit.
In January 1975, an Italian expedition led by Antonio Mastellaro managed to climb the east side. In 1983, a small expedition from Gorizia was able to cross the southwestern ridge, which is considered the most difficult mountain route and one of the last mountaineering issues in the Andes. On January 27, Mauro Collini, Sergio Figel, Mario Tavagnutti and Rudi Vittori reached the summit.
6. Ljulyayljako, 6 739 m
In 1999, an archaeological expedition climbed more than 6,000 meters up the volcano Lulhaillacoto discover three 500-year-old Inca children's mummies, which are known to be among the best-preserved mummies in the world. At that moment, the South American volcano became the site of the highest archaeological work ever undertaken.
The environment around Ljulyayljako actually makes it a favorable place to preserve such finds. The volcano is located on the border of Chile and Argentina in the eastern part of the Atacama Desert - one of the driest places in the world.
5. Tras-Cruces-Sur, 6 749 m
Tras Cruces Sur It is an array of volcanic origin in the Andes on the border of Argentina and Chile. It has two main peaks: Tres Cruces Sur at an altitude of 6,749 meters and Tres Cruces Centro at an altitude of 6,629 meters and another small peak - Tres Cruces Norte - 6,206 m.
The volcano has a rich history of its activity, numbering at least 1.5 million years. The complex is surrounded by lava domes, and on its peaks there are many craters.
The main volcano has a rhyodacite composition and generated two large ignimbritic eruptions: one 1.5 million years ago, and the second 67 thousand years ago. The last eruption was 28,000 years ago, but the volcano is a potential source of Holocene eruption, and it can become active in the future.
4. Cerro Bonete, 6,759 m
Cerro Bonete - an extinct volcano, located near Mount Pissis, at the northern tip of the Sierra de la Panilla, where he meets the Andes, not far from the Chilean border (although not on it) and the border with the province of Catamarca.
It has a caldera of about 6 km in diameter, eroded into small flat mesets. Very interesting is a 2 km long lake located in the southern part of the caldera, with clear water. Some hydrothermal influences can cause weak warm springs that feed the lake.
The volcano flows south, feeding the intermittent stream that connects the De La Pugnilla River and forms the Bonet River.
3. Monte Pissis, 6,795 m
First climb Monte Pissis was made in 1937 by a Polish group. The name of the mountain pays tribute to the French geographer Pierre Joseph Eme Pissis, a South American pioneer of cartography in the second half of the 19th century (who established the height of the main peaks of the Andes and conducted the first topography of many areas). He was a teacher of physical sciences and mathematics at Chile University.
The area is completely volcanic, with lavas of different colors, “lagoons” with a waterfall made of heavy metals and some snow spots, in most cases, dying out. The arid nature is extreme, almost without vegetation, but with a very diverse fauna; when climbing, you can see vicunias, guanacos, donkeys, flamingos, condors and some other birds.
2. Ojos del Salado, 6 893 m
One of the most attractive sights associated with visiting Ojos del Salado, is the fact that it is the highest volcano not only in South America, but throughout the world.
Having entered the Book of Records for the second time in a row, Ojos del Salado is also the champion among the highest mountain lakes on the planet. As you approach the summit, approximately 500 meters to the highest elevation point, a permanent crater lake appears at an altitude of 6,390 meters or 20,960 feet, making it the highest mountain lake in the world.
1. Akongagua, 6,962 m
Akongauga - A mountain in the western province of Mendoza, west-central Argentina, on the Chilean border. This is the highest point in the Western Hemisphere.
Akongagua lies in the Southern Andes; although the peak is in Argentina, its western flanks overgrow from the coastal lowlands of Chile, north of Santiago. Its name may be derived from Quechua Acon Kahuak (“Stone Guard»).
Akongagua is of volcanic origin, but in itself is not an active volcano. There are two peaks - north and south - connected by a ridge (Cross del Guanaco), which is approximately 0.6 miles (1 km) in length.
The first ascent attempt, made in 1883, failed; the highest (northern) peak was first reached in 1897 by Swiss climber Matias Zurbriggen.