Aconcagua rises in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes in Mendoza Province, Argentina, reaching a summit elevation of about 6,967 meters, the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest peak outside Asia, and the highest point in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres. It is a non-volcanic peak raised by Andean tectonic uplift, the second-most topographically prominent peak in the world after Everest, and one of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each continent. This entity documents Aconcagua specifically as a geological formation, a distinct facet from its treatment as a place and landform on the Geography Atlas; this entry covers the mountain's tectonic origin and its standing as the highest peak of the Americas and of the Southern and Western Hemispheres.
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Protected StatusLocally or Regionally Protected 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Aconcagua
In Discipline
Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Aconcagua
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Wikidata: Aconcagua
Sources
1. Aconcagua (Wikipedia)
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It is bounded by the Vacas Valley to the north and east and the Horcones Inferior Valley to the west and south, and is protected within Aconcagua Provincial Park.
Wikidata: Aconcagua
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