Feb 08 2025
Cerro Mercedario 🏔️ Overview Cerro Mercedario is one of the great high mountains of the Argentine Andes. Rising to approximately 6,717 meters (22,037 feet) according to Peakbagger, it is the highest summit of the Cordillera de la Ramada, a group of enormous peaks in western San Juan Province near Argentina’s border with Chile. Mercedario stands …
Feb 07 2025
Cordillera de Ansilta The Cordillera de Ansilta is a rugged high-mountain range in western Argentina, rising above the Calingasta Valley in San Juan Province. Part of the Frontal Cordillera of the Andes, Ansilta is distinguished by seven principal summits above 5,000 meters, extensive glacial and periglacial terrain, and a remote high-desert setting. Its highest point …
Feb 07 2025
Cerro Pircas 🏔️ Overview Cerro Pircas is a major high summit in San Juan Province, Argentina, rising in the Sierra del Tontal, part of the Argentine Precordillera along the eastern side of the Andes. Although it is far less famous than giants such as Aconcagua or Cerro Mercedario, Cerro Pircas is notable for its exceptional …
Feb 06 2025
Mogote Corralitos 🏔️ Overview Mogote Corralitos is a remarkably prominent mountain rising from the Sierra de Pie de Palo in San Juan Province, Argentina. Although its summit elevation of approximately 3,168 meters (10,394 feet) is modest compared with the 6,000-meter giants of the high Andes farther west, its extraordinary topographic prominence makes it one of …
Feb 05 2025
Cerro Bonete 🏔️ Overview Cerro Bonete, also widely known as Cerro Bonete Chico, is one of the highest mountains in the Andes and one of Argentina’s great 6,000-meter volcanic summits. It rises in the remote highlands of La Rioja Province, close to the border with Catamarca, amid the exceptionally arid volcanic landscapes of the southern …
Feb 04 2025
Nevado de Famatina | Cerro General Belgrano Nevado de Famatina, also known as Cerro General Manuel Belgrano or simply Cerro Belgrano, is the dominant summit of the Sierra de Famatina in Argentina’s La Rioja Province. Rising dramatically above the dry valleys around Famatina and Chilecito, it is one of the highest mountains in Argentina outside …
Jan 26 2025
The Cordillera Occidental, or Western Cordillera, is one of the two principal mountain chains forming the Ecuadorian Andes. Running roughly north to south along the western side of Ecuador’s highlands, it contains enormous volcanoes, crater lakes, páramo grasslands, cloud forests, deeply eroded valleys, and some of the country’s most recognizable mountain scenery. Its highest summit …
Nov 15 2024
The Andes of Venezuela, commonly called the Venezuelan Andes or Andes Venezolanos, form the northernmost major extension of the vast Andes mountain system. Rising across western Venezuela, these mountains create an extraordinary landscape of jagged summits, deep valleys, high páramo grasslands, cloud forests, glacial lakes, and rocky alpine terrain. Although the Venezuelan Andes are lower …
Oct 19 2024
The Andes of Tierra del Fuego, also known as the Fuegian Andes or Andes Fueguinos, form the dramatic southernmost continuation of the Andes Mountains. Here, at the far end of South America, the great continental mountain system changes character. The towering 6,000-meter summits of the Central Andes are long gone, replaced by lower but extraordinarily …
Oct 18 2024
Cerro Darwin | Mount Darwin Cerro Darwin rises from one of the wildest mountain landscapes in South America: the glacier-covered Cordillera Darwin of Chilean Tierra del Fuego. Surrounded by icefields, fjords, subpolar forests, and the stormy waters near the Beagle Channel, the mountain belongs to the southernmost major extension of the Andes. Even basic facts …
