Nevado Tres Cruces is a massif of volcanic origin in the Andes on the border of Argentina and Chile, carrying two main summits, Tres Cruces Sur at about 6,748 meters and Tres Cruces Centro at about 6,629 meters, plus a third, lower summit, Tres Cruces Norte, at about 6,030 meters. Tres Cruces Sur is the sixth-highest mountain in the Andes. This entity documents Nevado Tres Cruces specifically as a geological formation, a three-summited volcanic massif whose tallest peak ranks sixth-highest in the Andes.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 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.
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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. Nevado Tres Cruces (Wikipedia)
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The area is part of the Nevado Tres Cruces National Park created in 1994.
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