Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas ( Spanish: Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas ) is a large ignimbrite complex of volcanic domes Argentina ( Catamarca province) and Chile ( Atacama region) in a remote part of the Central Andes . There is a mountain with a height of 6173 meters [1] - the 50th highest peak of the Andes , the 9th highest volcano of Chile and the . Andes.org.uk reports the highest point of the complex at 6,140 m. [2] One of the highest points of the complex, (6122 m), was first conquered in December 2000 by a group of American climbers led by Robert Ayers [2] . The complex covers an area of 225 km² and contains at least 14 stratovolcanoes , the diameter of which craters reaches 400 meters. The snow line is at 6103 meters [3] .
| Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas | |
|---|---|
| Spanish Sierra nevada de lagunas bravas | |
 2003 photo | |
| Specifications | |
| Education period | Holocene |
| Highest point | |
| Highest point | 6173 [1] m |
| Location | |
| Country |
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| Regions | Catamarca , Atacama |
See also
- Andes Peaks List
- Chile volcanoes list
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Sierra Nevada ( vol .) On volcano.si.edu ( )
- ↑ 1 2 Sierra Nevada 6140 m (English) on andes.org.uk
- ↑ Kirk Hasselton, George Hillie, Manfred R. Strecker. Average Pleistocene Climatic Patterns in the Southern Central Andes: Controls on Mountain Glaciation and Paleoclimate Implications ( pangea.stanford.edu p. 215, March 2002)
Links
- I. Aguirre, H. Clavero. Antecedentes fisicoquimicos preliminares de cuerpos de agua superficial del Altiplano de la III region de Atacama, Chile (Spanish) at biblioserver.sernageomin.cl , summer 2000