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Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina – Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile. The upper reaches of Ojos del Salado consist of several overlapping lava domes, lava flows and volcanic craters, with sparse ice cover. The complex extends over an area of 70–160 ...
Tanzania – highest volcano outside South America; highest peak in Africa: Putana Volcano: 5,890: ... Mexico – highest volcano in North America; highest peak in ...
Cotopaxi (Spanish pronunciation: [kotoˈpaksi]) is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located near Latacunga city of Cotopaxi Province, about 50 km (31 mi) south of Quito, and 31 km (19 mi) northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador. [1] It is the second highest summit in Ecuador (after Chimborazo), reaching a height of 5,897 m ...
The volcano has a volume of about 231 cubic kilometres (55 cu mi) [18] and covers a surface area of about 207 square kilometres (80 sq mi). [19] With a height of 6,621 metres (21,722 ft), Incahuasi is the 12th-highest mountain in South America [20] and one of the world's highest volcanoes. [19]
Huaynaputina (/ ˌwaɪnəpʊˈtiːnə / WY-nə-puu-TEE-nə; Spanish: [wajnapuˈtina]) is a volcano in a volcanic high plateau in southern Peru. Lying in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, it was formed by the subduction of the oceanic Nazca Plate under the continental South American Plate. Huaynaputina is a large volcanic crater, lacking ...
Aconcagua (Spanish pronunciation: [akoŋˈkaɣwa]) is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera [4] of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina.It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, [5] and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere [1] with a summit elevation of 6,961 metres (22,838 ft).
Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in the Americas, is a massive Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times. [2] It lies on the Argentina–Chile border, between the Chilean Metropolitan Region (near a major international highway about 80 km (50 mi) east of Santiago) and the Argentine province of Mendoza, about 100 km (62 mi) south of Aconcagua, the highest peak of both the Southern and ...
Chimborazo (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃimboˈɾaso] ⓘ) is a stratovolcano situated in Ecuador in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes.Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 A.D. [4] Although not the tallest mountain in the Andes or on Earth relative to sea level, its summit is the farthest point on Earth's surface from the Earth's center due to its location ...