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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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