List of mountains in Argentina
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This is an incomplete list of the highest and most important mountains in the Territory of the Argentine Republic
Mountains by system and height
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Mountains by system and height
- AconcaguaAconcaguaAconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas at . It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza and it lies west by north of its capital, the city of Mendoza. The summit is also located about 5 kilometres from San Juan Province and 15 kilometres from the...
(Mendoza) 6,962 m- Cerro El PlomoCerro El PlomoCerro El Plomo is a mountain located in the Andes near Santiago, Chile. It is the largest peak visible from Santiago on clear days. The adequate season to climb this mountain is between November and March. In spring, soil conditions have abundant snow on the approach...
6,070 m - Cerro Ameghino approx. 5,940 m
- Cerro El Plomo
- Ojos del SaladoOjos 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 Southern Hemisphere and the highest in Chile...
(Catamarca) 6,893 m- Tres Cruces Sur 6,748 m
- CazaderoCazadero (volcano)Cazadero is a volcano in the Andes, sometimes called Walter Penck. It is located in the Catamarca Province of Argentina. Its summit is 6658 metres above sea level....
6,658 m - El MuertoCerro El MuertoCerro el Muerto is a mountain peak of South America and is part of the Andes mountain range. It is also known as the 16th of the largest mountain peaks in the Argentine-Chilean border at...
6,488 m - Cerro Nacimiento 6,436 m
- Cerro Veladero 6,436 m
- Cerro El CóndorCerro El CóndorCerro El Cóndor is a stratovolcano in Argentina. It is a remote peak in the Argentine Puna de Atacama. As such it was probably the last major 6000m+ peak in the Andes to be climbed, the first recorded ascent being in 2003.-See also:...
(also Volcán Sarmiento) 6,414 m - Cerro Vallecitos 6,168 m
- Tres Quebradas (also Los Patos) 6,239 m
- Sierra NevadaSierra Nevada (stratovolcano)Sierra Nevada is a stratovolcano located in the Araucanía Region of Chile, near the Llaima volcano. Its last certain eruptions were in the Pleistocene period, but its activity may extend into the Holocene. Its primary lavas are andesitic and basaltic flows, although it has also produced pyroclastic...
6,127 m - Cerro Medusa 6,120 m
- Colorados 6,080 m
- Cerro El Fraile 6,061 m
- Volcán del Viento 6,028 m
- Cerro San Francisco 6,018 m
- Monte PissisMonte PissisMonte Pissis is an extinct volcano in La Rioja Province, Argentina. The mountain is the third-highest in the Western Hemisphere, and is located about 550 km north of Aconcagua....
(La Rioja) 6,795 m - Cerro Bonete (La Rioja) 6,759 m
- LlullaillacoLlullaillacoLlullaillaco is a stratovolcano at the border of Argentina and Chile. It lies in the Puna de Atacama, a region of very high volcanic peaks on a high plateau within the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places in the world...
(Salta) 6,723 m- SocompaSocompaSocompa is a large complex stratovolcano at the border of Argentina and Chile. It is best known for its large debris avalanche deposit, which is widely accepted as the best-preserved example of this type of deposit in the world, and also notable as the home of the world's most elevated known...
6,051 m
- Socompa
- MercedarioMercedarioCerro Mercedario is the highest peak of the Cordillera de la Ramada range and the eighth highest mountain of the Andes. It is located 100 km to the north of Aconcagua, in the Argentine province of San Juan...
(San Juan) 6,720 m- Cerro RamadaCerro RamadaCerro Ramada is a mountain in the Cordillera de la Ramada range of the Andes, in Argentina. It has a height of .The first ascent of the mountain was by a Polish expedition in 1934, when a cairn was erected on the summit....
6,384 m - Cerro La Mesa 6,230 m
- Cerro Ramada
- IncahuasiIncahuasiIncahuasi or Nevado de Incahuasi is a mountain between the Argentine province of Catamarca, and the Atacama Region of Chile. Located at approximate coordinates , it has a height of 6,621m....
(Catamarca) 6,621 m - TupungatoTupungatoTupungato, one of the highest mountains in South America, is a massive stratovolcano dating to Pleistocene times. It lies on the border between the Chilean Metropolitan Region and the , near a major international highway about 80 km east of Santiago, Chile. It is located about south of Monte...
(Mendoza) 6,570 m- Cerro Alto 6,148 m
- Cerro Negro (also Pabellón) 6,070 m
- Cerro Polleras 5,993m
- AntofallaAntofallaAntofalla is a large and very remote stratovolcano in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina. It is located on the edge of the Puna de Atacama, a high desert plateau east of the Atacama Desert. It lies just west of the Salar de Antofalla, a large playa over in length...
(Salta) 6,440 m - CachiCachiCachi is a small city in Salta Province Argentina. It is the capital of the Cachi Department.-Etymology:Although it is often stated that the name is derived from Quechuan and means salt since "the snow of this hill reminds of the color of salt," it is more likely that the name is of Cacán etymology...
(Nevado de Cachi) 6,380 m- Cerro QuemadoCerro QuemadoCerro Quemado is a mountain in the Andes of Argentina. It has a height of 6184 metres....
6,184 m
- Cerro Quemado
- Mount Reclus 6,335 m
- MajaditaMajaditaCumbre de la Majadita is a mountain peak in the province of San Juan in Argentina near the town of Rodeo. It was one of the last 6000m+ peaks in the Andes to be climbed, the first recorded ascent being in December 1996....
6,266 m- Cerro Olivares 6,216 m
- Cerro SoloCerro SoloCerro Solo is a large stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile, west of Ojos del Salado. It consists of nine eruptive centers and is covered in light-colored rhyodacite pyroclastic flow deposits....
6,205 m - Cerro El Toro (San Juan) 6,168 m
- Cerro Tortolas 6,160 m
- Queva 6,140 m
- Colangüil 6,122 m
- MarmolejoMarmolejoVolcán Marmolejo is a high Pleistocene stratovolcano in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is located NNE of the active San José volcano, and has the distinction of being the southernmost -plus peak in the world.- See also :...
6,108 m - Nevado de Famatina (also Cerro Belgrano) 6,097 m
- AracarAracarAracar is a large conical stratovolcano in northwestern Argentina, just east of the Chilean border. It has an uneroded summit crater about in diameter which contains a small crater lake. It is located on the edge of the Puna de Atacama, a high desert plateau east of the Atacama Desert...
6,095m - Cerro Baboso (also Veladero N.E.) approx. 6,070 m
- Cerro Salin ((Salín) 6,029 m
- Cerro Laguna Blanca 6,012 m
- Cerro Plata (Mendoza) 5,955 m
- Cerro Chañi (Jujuy) approx. 5,930 m
- GalánGalánCerro Galán is a caldera in Catamarca Province, Argentina, considered to be the best exposed large caldera in the world. It was formed 2.2 million years ago when 1,050 km3 of material was erupted, producing ignimbrite deposits stretching up to 100 km away...
(Catamarca) 5,920 m