Cerro del Bolsón is a
mountainA mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. The adjective montane is used to describe mountainous areas and things associated with them...
in the Aconquija range of
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, in
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province. It is the highest point of a significant eastern spur of the main range of the Andes, east of the
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region. It lies about 200 kilometres east of
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, the highest point in the Puna de Atacama.
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Cerro del Bolsón is a
mountainA mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. The adjective montane is used to describe mountainous areas and things associated with them...
in the Aconquija range of
ArgentinaArgentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico,...
, in
TucumánFor the city of Tucumán, capital of the province, see: San Miguel de TucumánTucumán is the most densely populated, and the smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring...
province. It is the highest point of a significant eastern spur of the main range of the Andes, east of the
Puna de AtacamaThe Atacama Desert is a virtually rainless plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast of South America, west of the Andes mountains. The Atacama desert is, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications, the driest desert in the world...
region. It lies about 200 kilometres east of
Ojos del SaladoNevado Ojos del Salado is a massive stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina-Chile border and the highest volcano in the world at . It is also the second highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere and the highest in Chile...
, the highest point in the Puna de Atacama.
While not of great height compared to the 6000 metre-plus peaks of the main chain of the Andes to the west, Bolsón is notable for its high
topographic prominenceIn topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains, also known as peaks...
(it ranks 69th in the world), resulting from its separation from the main chain by a relatively low
saddleIn a range of hills, or especially of mountains, a pass is a path that allows to cross a mountain chain, it is usually a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...
.