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Tupungato Volcano
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Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in the Americas, is a massive Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times. It lies on the Argentina–Chile border, between the Chilean Metropolitan Region (near a major international highway about east of Santiago) and the Argentine province of Mendoza, about south of Aconcagua, the highest peak of both the Southern and Western hemispheres. Immediately to its southwest is the active Tupungatito volcano (literally, little Tupungato), which last erupted in 1987.
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Vinony's link graph records 228 inbound references to Tupungato Volcano, and connects out to Mendoza Province, Andean Volcanic Belt and BSAA Star Dust accident.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_scale, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Andean Volcanic Belt, Mountains of Argentina and Mountains of Chile.
Vinony links it to 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Tupungato
- Mountain.photo
- 2019-10-31 13-49-02 Tupungato.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Aerial view of Tupungato volcano from Argentina.
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6570
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2765
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra
- Mountain.map
- Argentina
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location on the Argentina–Chile border
- Mountain.location
- Mendoza Province, Argentina – Metropolitan Region, Chile
- Mountain.range
- Principal Cordillera, Andes
- Mountain.type
- Lava dome
- Mountain.age
- Pleistocene
- Mountain.volcanic_zone
- South Volcanic Zone
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 0.8 million years ago.
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1897 by Matthias Zurbriggen and Stuart Vines
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Tunuyán Department
- Continent
- Americas
- Elevation
- 6570
- Image
- 2019-10-31 13-49-02 Tupungato.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tupungato
- topographic prominence
- 2765
- mountain range
- Andes
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Encyclopedic overview
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- 1947 plane crash
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- Notes
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- External links
Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in the Americas, is a massive Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times. It lies on the Argentina–Chile border, between the Chilean Metropolitan Region (near a major international highway about east of Santiago) and the Argentine province of Mendoza, about south of Aconcagua, the highest peak of both the Southern and Western hemispheres. Immediately to its southwest is the active Tupungatito volcano (literally, little Tupungato), which last erupted in 1987.
Tupungato Department, an important Argentine wine-producing region in Mendoza province, is named for the volcano. Recent Chilean mapping indicates it has a summit elevation of 6635 m.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tupungato Volcano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (7)
On the map
2 mapped locations