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Ojos del Salado, Argentina/Chile

6893 meters, 22,615 feet

Alternate Name(s)	Nevado Ojos del Salado
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	27° 7' S; 68° 32' W -27.109817, -68.541583 (Dec Deg) 545438E 7001319N Zone 19 (UTM)
Country	Argentina Chile (Highest Point)
State/Province	Catamarca (Highest Point) Atacama (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Ojos del Salado": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites True Elevation of Ojos and Pissis Lists that contain Ojos del Salado: The Volcanic Seven Summits (Rank #1) World Country High Points (Rank #11) South America Country High Points (Rank #2) Country High Points of the Americas (Rank #2) Chile Region High Points (Rank #1) South America Range3 High Points (Rank #2) World Drainage Basin High Points over 5000 m high (Rank #8) Andes 6000-meter Peaks (Rank #2) World Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #43) World Top 100 by Prominence (Rank #43) The Second Seven Summits (Rank #2) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2006-01-15 by Rodés Muñoz Pere View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Ojos del Salado Elevation Ladder from Ojos del Salado Prominence Ladder from Ojos del Salado

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Ojos del Salado, the second highest peak in the Andes, is often entirely snow-free due to its location in the arid Atacama. Photo courtesy of Ken Jones.
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Ranges

Continent: South America
Range2: Andes
Range3: Puna de Atacama (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Atacama Salars (HP)
Internal Drainage-S.A.

Prominence

Clean Prominence: 3688 m/12,100 ft
Optimistic Prominence: 3688 m/12,100 ft
Key Col: 3205 m/10,515 ft
Key Col Lat/Long: 31° 10' N; 70° 24' E
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630.63 km/391.94 mi
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Aconcagua (SSW)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.

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Other Photos

Rock climbing at over 6800 meters/22,000 feet: the summit pitch on Ojos del Salado. Photo courtesy of Ken Jones.
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