Monte Pissis stands on the border of the La Rioja and Catamarca provinces in Argentina, about 25 kilometers east of the Chilean border and roughly 550 kilometers north of Aconcagua, named for the French geologist Pedro Jose Amadeo Pissis, who worked for the Chilean government. It is an extinct volcano, the second-tallest volcano in the world and the third-highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. Despite the dry conditions of the surrounding Atacama Desert, the mountain carries an extensive glacier with crevasses that is unique for the region, and sources describe its bare summit as the highest point on Earth without permanent glaciation. This entity documents Monte Pissis specifically as a geological formation, the world's second-tallest volcano and third-highest peak of the Western Hemisphere.
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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.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: WDPA protected areas at the location of Monte Pissis
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA feature: Lagunas Altoandinas y Puneñas de CatamarcaQuote, WDPA feature: Lagunas Altoandinas y Puneñas de Catamarca
"desig_eng": "Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)"
Wikidata: Monte Pissis
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