Aconcagua (Spanish pronunciation: [akoŋˈkaɣwa]) is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes Mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. with a summit elevation of 22,838 feet. It lies 70 miles northwest of the provincial capital, the city of Mendoza, about 3 miles from San Juan Province, and 9 miles from Argentina's border with Chile. Aconcagua also has the greatest isolation of all
mountains. There is no higher land for 10,273 miles when its height is
first exceeded by Tirich Mir in the Hindu Kush. |
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U.S. ROUTE 20
U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. Spanning 3,365 miles, it is the longest road in the United States. In the eastern U.S. the route is roughly parallel to Interstate 90 (I-90), which is the longest Interstate Highway in the U.S. There is a discontinuity in the official designation of US 20 through Yellowstone National Park, with unnumbered roads used to traverse the park. The highway's eastern terminus is in Boston, Massachusetts, at
Kenmore Square, where it meets Massachusetts Route 2. Its western terminus is
in Newport, Oregon, at an intersection with US 101, within a mile of the
Pacific Ocean. |
U.S. ROUTE 20 |
SIGN AT WESTERN ORIGIN IN NEWPORT, OREGON |