One of the Seven Summits

Mt. Aconcagua:       Highest Mountain in the Americas

Elevation:  22,840 feet (6,962 meters)

Mountain Range:  Andes Mountain Range in South America runs 3000 miles along  

                                     the Pacific Coast.

Country:  Argentina

Mt. Aconcagua is a gigantic rock mass that is called “Sentinel of Stone.”  The mountain dominates the Chilean and Argentinean landscape. Aconcagua is located in Argentine and is the highest mountain of the Americas.  The mountain was formed by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South Americas plate. Mt. Aconcagua is not considered a volcano.    

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