Monte Pissis

Monte Pissis
Monte Pissis from the northeast
Highest point
Elevation6,792 m (22,283 ft)[1]
Prominence2,145 m (7,037 ft)[2][A]
Listing
Coordinates27°45′19″S 68°47′57″W / 27.75528°S 68.79917°W / -27.75528; -68.79917[3]
Geography
Monte Pissis is located in Argentina
Monte Pissis
Monte Pissis
Location in Argentina
LocationLa Rioja and Catamarca provinces, Argentina
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Climbing
First ascent1937 by Osiecki and Jan Alfred Szczepański
Easiest routeHike, east side

Monte Pissis is an extinct volcano on the border of the La Rioja and Catamarca provinces in Argentina, 25 km (16 mi) to the east of the Chilean border and about 550 km (340 mi) north of Aconcagua. The mountain is the third-highest in the Western Hemisphere. Monte Pissis is named after Pedro José Amadeo Pissis, a French geologist who worked for the Chilean government. Due to its location in the Atacama Desert, the mountain has very dry conditions but features an extensive glacier, with crevasses, which is unique in the region.

  1. ^ "Phillipe Reuter: "El Ojos del Salado es 100 metros más alto que el Pissis"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  2. ^ "Argentina and Chile North: Ultra-Prominences". Andes Specialists. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  3. ^ "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m". Archived from the original on 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-04-11.


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