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"Cono de Arita" in the Puna de Atacama, Salta Aconcagua. The Andes (/ ˈ æ n d iː z / AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
The Andes mountain range as seen from a plane, between Santiago de Chile and Mendoza, Argentina, in summer. The Andes (/ ˈ æ n d iː z / AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
The Venezuelan Andes (Spanish: Andes Venezolanos) also simply known as the Andes (Spanish: Los Andes) in Venezuela, are a mountain system that form the northernmost extension of the Andes. They are fully identified, both by their geological origin as by the components of the relief, the constituent rocks and the geological structure.
The 1902 Arbitral award of the Andes between Argentina and Chile (Spanish: Laudo limítrofe entre Argentina y Chile de 1902) was a British arbitration in 1902 that established the present-day boundaries between Argentina and Chile.
The list is an incomplete list of mountains in the Andes. There are many named and unnamed peaks in the Andes that are currently not included in this list. The dividing line between a mountain with multiple peaks and separate mountains is not always clear (see Highest unclimbed mountain). The table below lists the summits with at least 400m ...
The Venezuelan Andean system represents the terminal bifurcation of the Cordillera Oriental de Colombia, which in Venezuelan territory consists of two mountainous branches: the Sierra de Perija, smaller, slightly displaced from southwest to northeast with 7,151 km 2 in Venezuela; and a larger, frankly oriented Southwest to northeast with about 40,172 km 2, the Cordillera de Mérida, commonly ...
There are several Cordillera Central mountain ranges in the Andes Mountains of South America: Cordillera Blanca or Cordillera Central in the Ancash Region; Cordillera Central, Bolivia; Cordillera Central, Colombia; Cordillera Central, Ecuador; Cordillera Central, Peru in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region
The Cordillera Oriental (Spanish for eastern mountain range) is the eastern part of the Andes in Peru. This range contains Paleozoic metamorphic rocks. It includes many subsidiary ranges such as the Vilcanota, Vilcabamba, Urubamba and Carabaya mountain ranges and peaks above 6,000 m such as Salcantay. The highest peak is Nevado Ausangate at 6372 m.